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.
Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VIII, § 835(a)(1)131 Stat. 1471Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 867132 Stat. 1901Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1847(c)(3)134 Stat. 4254(Added , , , § 2439; amended , , ; renumbered § 4236, , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 116–283section 2439 of this title2021— renumbered as this section.
Pub. L. 115–232, § 867(4)2018—, 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”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2021 Amendment
Pub. L. 116–283section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283section 3001 of this titleAmendment by effective , with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see , set out as a note preceding .
Effective Date
Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VIII, § 835(a)(3)131 Stat. 1471