Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§3223 Director: Review of Cost Estimates, Cost Analyses, and Records of the Military Departments and Defense Agencies
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART V — ACQUISITION › Subpart B — Acquisition Planning › CHAPTER 222 — INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATION AND COST ANALYSIS › § 3223
Summary
Secretary of Defense must ensure the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation Director promptly receives all cost estimates, analyses, and studies for major acquisition programs and subprograms, and can access any DoD records or data, including classified or proprietary, needed to perform Director’s duties.
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Title 10, §3223
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The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation—
(1)promptly receives the results of all cost estimates and cost analyses conducted by the military departments and Defense Agencies, and all studies conducted by the military departments and Defense Agencies in connection with such cost estimates and cost analyses, for major defense acquisition programs and major subprograms of the military departments and Defense Agencies; and
(2)has timely access to any records and data in the Department of Defense (including the records and data of each military department and Defense Agency and including classified and proprietary information) that the Director considers necessary to review in order to carry out any duties under this chapter.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification The text of subsec. (c) of section 2334 of this title, which was transferred to this section and amended by Pub. L. 116–283, § 1812(d), was based on Pub. L. 111–23, title I, § 101(b)(1), May 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1706; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII, § 842(a)(3), (b)(2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2288, 2289.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 3223, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 176, related to authorized strength of Army Reserve in warrant officers, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §§ 1662(a)(3), 1691, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2988, 3026, effective Dec. 1, 1994. See section 12008 of this title.
Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 1812(d), transferred subsec. (c) of section 2334 of this title to this section and struck out subsec. (c) designation and heading “Review of Cost Estimates, Cost Analyses, and Records of the Military Departments and Defense Agencies” at beginning. Par. (2). Pub. L. 117–81 substituted “under this chapter” for “under this section”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2021 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 117–81 to take effect immediately after the
Amendments
made by title XVIII of Pub. L. 116–283 have taken effect, see section 1701(a)(3) of Pub. L. 117–81, set out in a note preceding section 3001 of this title and
Effective Date
note below.
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.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 3223
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102