The Secretary of Defense shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the Department of Defense, before selecting a contractor for the engineering and manufacturing development of a major weapon system, production of a major weapon system, or sustainment of a major weapon system, negotiates a price for technical data to be delivered under a contract for such development, production, or sustainment.

(Added Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VIII, § 835(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1471; amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 867, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1901.)

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2439, added Pub. L. 99–145, title IX, § 912(a)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 685, § 2305a; amended Pub. L. 99–433, title I, § 110(g)(3), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1004; renumbered § 2438 and amended Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(b)(9)(A), (k)(2), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 280, 284; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title VIII, § 805, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1591; renumbered § 2439, Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title VIII, § 821(a)(1)(A), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2459, related to preparation of acquisition strategy for major programs and use of competitive alternative sources, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–355, title III, § 3007(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3331.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 867(4), substituted “, production, or sustainment” for “or production” in section catchline.

Pub. L. 115–232, § 867(1)–(3), inserted “, to the maximum extent practicable,” after “shall ensure” and substituted “production of a major weapon system, or sustainment of a major weapon system” for “or for the production of a major weapon system” and “, production, or sustainment” for “or production”.

Effective Date

Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VIII, § 835(a)(3), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1471, provided that:

“

Section 2439 of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall apply with respect to any contract for engineering and manufacturing development of a major weapon system, or for the production of a major weapon system, for which the contract solicitation is issued on or after the date occurring one year after the date of the enactment of this Act [

Dec. 12, 2017].”