2013 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle B - Army (§§ 3001 - 4842)
Part IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT (§§ 4501 - 4842)
Chapter 434 - ARMAMENTS INDUSTRIAL BASE (§§ 4551 - 4555)
Section 4553 - Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle B - Army PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT CHAPTER 434 - ARMAMENTS INDUSTRIAL BASE Sec. 4553 - Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative |
Contains | section 4553 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 106-398, §1 [[div. A], title III, §344(a)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-68; amended Pub. L. 108-178, §4(b)(5), Dec. 15, 2003, 117 Stat. 2641; Pub. L. 109-163, div. A, title III, §323(d), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3194. |
Statutes at Large References | 114 Stat. 1654 117 Stat. 2641 119 Stat. 3194 |
Public Law References | Public Law 106-398, Public Law 108-178, Public Law 109-163 |
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(1) To encourage commercial firms, to the maximum extent practicable, to use eligible facilities for commercial purposes.
(2) To increase the opportunities for small businesses (including socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and new small businesses) to use eligible facilities for those purposes.
(3) To maintain in the United States a work force having the skills necessary to meet industrial emergency planned requirements for national security purposes.
(4) To demonstrate innovative business practices, to support Department of Defense acquisition reform, and to serve as both a model and a laboratory for future defense conversion initiatives of the Department of Defense.
(5) To the maximum extent practicable, to allow the operation of eligible facilities to be rapidly responsive to the forces of free market competition.
(6) To reduce or eliminate the cost of Government ownership of eligible facilities, including the costs of operations and maintenance, the costs of environmental remediation, and other costs.
(7) To reduce the cost of products of the Department of Defense produced at eligible facilities.
(8) To leverage private investment at eligible facilities through long-term facility use contracts, property management contracts, leases, or other agreements that support and advance the policies and purposes of this chapter, for the following activities:
(A) Recapitalization of plant and equipment.
(B) Environmental remediation.
(C) Promotion of commercial business ventures.
(D) Other activities approved by the Secretary.
(9) To foster cooperation between the Department of the Army, property managers, commercial interests, and State and local agencies in the implementation of sustainable development strategies and investment in eligible facilities made available for purposes of the ARMS Initiative.
(10) To reduce or eliminate the cost of asset disposal that would be incurred if property at an eligible facility was declared excess to the needs of the Department of the Army.
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(2) A full annual accounting of such expenses for each fiscal year shall be provided to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives not later than March 30 of the following fiscal year.
(Added Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title III, §344(a)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–68; amended Pub. L. 108–178, §4(b)(5), Dec. 15, 2003, 117 Stat. 2641; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title III, §323(d), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3194.)
AMENDMENTS2006—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 109–163 struck out "in manufacturing processes that are" after "having the skills".
2003—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–178 substituted "Section 1302 of title 40" for "Section 321 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 303b),".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2003 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 108–178 effective Aug. 21, 2002, see section 5 of Pub. L. 108–178, set out as a note under section 5334 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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