10 U.S.C. § 4236
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), , 131 Stat. 1471, § 2439; amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 867, , 132 Stat. 1901; renumbered § 4236, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1847(c)(3), , 134 Stat. 4254.)
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 renumbered section 2439 of this title as this section.
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”.
Amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective , with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VIII, § 835(a)(3), , 131 Stat. 1471, provided that:
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Section 2439 of title 10, United States Code [now
10 U.S.C. 4236], 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].”