1996 US Code
Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle A - General Military Law
PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
CHAPTER 137 - PROCUREMENT GENERALLY
Sec. 2303 - Applicability of chapter

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§2303. Applicability of chapter

(a) This chapter applies to the procurement by any of the following agencies, for its use or otherwise, of all property (other than land) and all services for which payment is to be made from appropriated funds:

(1) The Department of Defense.

(2) The Department of the Army.

(3) The Department of the Navy.

(4) The Department of the Air Force.

(5) The Coast Guard.

(6) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

(b) The provisions of this chapter that apply to the procurement of property apply also to contracts for its installation or alteration.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 128; July 29, 1958, Pub. L. 85–568, title III, §301(b), 72 Stat. 432; July 18, 1984, Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VII, §2722(b), 98 Stat. 1187.)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
2303(a) 2303(b)	41:151(a). 41:158 (clause (b), less last 5 words).	Feb. 19, 1948, ch. 65, §§2(a), 9 (clause (b)), 62 Stat. 21, 24.
2303(c)	41:158 (last 5 words of clause (b)).

In subsection (a), the words “all property named in subsection (b), and all services” are substituted for the words “for supplies or services”. The words “(each being hereinafter called the agency)”, are omitted, since the revised sections of this chapter make specific reference to the agencies named in this revised section. The words “United States” before the words “Coast Guard” are omitted, since they are not a part of the official name of the Coast Guard under section 1 of title 14.

In subsection (b), the introductory clause is substituted for the word “supplies”. Throughout the revised chapter reference is made to “property or services covered by this chapter”, instead of “supplies”, since the word “supplies” is defined in section 101(26) of this title in its usual and narrower sense, rather than the sense of the source statute for this revised chapter. It is desirable to avoid a usage which conflicts with the definition in section 101(26) of this title. The word “ships” and the words “of every character, type, and description”, after the word “vessels”, are omitted as covered by the definition of “vessel” in section 1 of title 1.

Amendments

1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–369, §2722(b)(1)(A), (B), substituted in provisions preceding cl. (1) “procurement” for “purchase, and contract to purchase,” and “(other than land) and all services” for “named in subsection (b), and all services,”.

Subsec. (a)(1) to (6). Pub. L. 98–369, §2722(b)(1)(C), (D), added cl. (1) and redesignated existing cls. (1) to (5) as (2) to (6), respectively.

Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 98–369, §2722(b)(2), (3), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b). Former subsec. (b), which had provided that this chapter did not cover land but did cover public works, buildings, facilities, vessels, floating equipment, aircraft, parts, accessories, equipment, and machine tools, was struck out.

1958—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 85–568 substituted “The National Aeronautics and Space Administration” for “The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics”.

Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–369 applicable with respect to any solicitation for bids or proposals issued after Mar. 31, 1985, see section 2751 of Pub. L. 98–369, set out as a note under section 251 of Title 41, Public Contracts.

Effective Date of 1958 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 85–568 effective 90 days after July 29, 1958, or on any earlier date on which the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration determines, and announces by proclamation, that the Administration has been organized and is prepared to discharge the duties and exercise the powers conferred upon it, see note set out under section 2302 of this title.

Acquisition, Lease, or Rental for Use by the Armed Forces of Motor Buses Manufactured Outside the United States

Pub. L. 90–500, title IV, §404, Sept. 20, 1968, 82 Stat. 851, which provided that no funds for the armed forces were to be used to buy or lease buses other than those manufactured in the United States, except as regulation from the Secretary of Defense might authorize solely to avoid uneconomical procurement or one contrary to the national interest, was repealed and restated as section 2400 of this title by Pub. L. 97–295, §§1(29)(A), 6(b), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1294, 1314.

Cross References

Facilitation of procurement procedures, see section 252 of Title 41, Public Contracts.

Laws inapplicable to agencies named in this section, see section 2314 of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 2302a, 2302b, 2302c, 2304, 2307, 2309, 2311, 2314, 2318, 2320, 2374, 2384a, 2409, 2410 of this title.