10 U.S.C. § 3155 | Training for personnel outside acquisition workforce

(a)

Required Training .—

section 3151 of this titleThe joint policy for requirements definition, contingency program management, and contingency contracting required by shall provide for training of military personnel outside the acquisition workforce (including operational field commanders and officers performing key staff functions for operational field commanders) who are expected to have acquisition responsibility, including oversight duties associated with contracts or contractors, during combat operations, post-conflict operations, and contingency operations.

(b)

Scope of Training .—

Training under subsection (a) shall be sufficient to ensure that the military personnel referred to in that subsection—

(1)

understand the scope and scale of contractor support they will experience in contingency operations; and

(2)

are prepared for their roles and responsibilities with regard to—

(A)

requirements definition;

(B)

program management (including contractor oversight); and

(C)

contingency contracting.

Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1810(a)Jan. 1, 2021134 Stat. 4162 (Added and amended , (b)(5), , , 4163.)

Editorial Notes

Codification

section 2333 of this title Pub. L. 116–283, § 1810(b)(5)Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title VIII, § 849(a)Jan. 28, 2008122 Stat. 245 The text of subsec. (e)(1) and (2) of , which was transferred to this section and amended by , was based on , , .

Amendments

Pub. L. 116–283, § 1810(b)(5)(A)section 2333 of this title section 3151 of this title2021—Subsec. (a). , (B), redesignated subsec. (e)(1) and (2) of as subsec. (a) of this section, in heading, substituted “Required Training” for “Training for Personnel Outside Acquisition Workforce”, and, in text, struck out par. (1) designation at beginning and substituted “” for “subsection (a)”. Par. (2) subsequently redesignated subsec. (b).

Pub. L. 116–283, § 1810(b)(5)(C)Subsec. (b). , redesignated subsec. (a)(2) as (b), inserted heading, and substituted “Training under subsection (a)” for “Training under paragraph (1)” and “referred to in that subsection—” and pars. (1) and (2) for “referred to in that paragraph understand the scope and scale of contractor support they will experience in contingency operations and are prepared for their roles and responsibilities with regard to requirements definition, program management (including contractor oversight), and contingency contracting.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 116–283Jan. 1, 2022section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283 section 3001 of this titleSection and amendment by effective , with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see , set out as an Effective Date of 2021 Amendment note preceding .