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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§3152 Requirements Definition Matters Covered

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART V — ACQUISITION › Subpart A — General › CHAPTER 209 — OPERATIONAL CONTRACT SUPPORT › SUBCHAPTER I — JOINT POLICIES ON REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION, CONTINGENCY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, AND CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING › § 3152

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Create a joint policy that must do at least two things. First, assign a senior military officer or a senior civilian executive with the right experience to lead how needs for purchases, services, work, or projects are defined and coordinated during combat, post‑conflict, and contingency operations, and to lead a review board with all involved organizations. Second, set up an organizational approach for those operations so needs are written and managed to follow U.S. Government and Department of Defense goals and policies, guide how resources are used, keep agencies coordinated in the theater, and make sure funds are used properly.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §3152

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The joint policy for requirements definition required by section 3151 of this title shall, at a minimum, provide for the following:
(1)The assignment of a senior commissioned officer or civilian member of the senior executive service, with appropriate experience and qualifications related to the definition of requirements to be satisfied through acquisition contracts (such as for delivery of products or services, performance of work, or accomplishment of a project), to act as head of requirements definition and coordination during combat operations, post-conflict operations, and contingency operations, if required, including leading a requirements review board involving all organizations concerned.
(2)An organizational approach to requirements definition and coordination during combat operations, post-conflict operations, and contingency operations that is designed to ensure that requirements are defined in a way that effectively implements United States Government and Department of Defense objectives, policies, and decisions regarding the allocation of resources, coordination of interagency efforts in the theater of operations, and alignment of requirements with the proper use of funds.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification The text of subsec. (b) of section 2333 of this title, which was transferred to this section and amended by Pub. L. 116–283, § 1810(b)(2), was based on Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title VIII, § 854(a)(1), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2343.

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 1810(b)(2), transferred subsec. (b) of section 2333 of this title to this section and, in introductory provisions, struck out subsec. (b) designation and heading “Requirements Definition Matters Covered” at beginning and substituted “section 3151 of this title” for “subsection (a)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section and amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2021 Amendment note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 3152

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102