2020 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part V - Acquisition
Subpart C - Contracting Methods and Contract Types
Chapter 257 - Contracts for Long-Term Lease or Charter of Vessels, Aircraft, and Combat Vehicles
Sec. 3678 - Contracts with terms of 18 months or more: limitation

The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department may not enter into any contract with a term of 18 months or more, or extend or renew any contract for a term of 18 months or more, for any vessel, aircraft, or vehicle, through a lease, charter, or similar agreement, unless the Secretary has considered all costs of such contract (including estimated termination liability) and has determined in writing that the contract is in the best interest of the Government.

(Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, §1825(a), (j), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4206, 4208.)

The text of subsec. (b) of section 2401a of this title, which was transferred to this section and amended by Pub. L. 116–283, §1825(j), was based on Pub. L. 103–355, title III, §3065(a)(1), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3337; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title VIII, §807(a)(1)(A), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 391.

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in Pub. L. 101–165, title IX, §9081, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1147, which was set out as a note under section 2401 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–355, §3065(b).

2021—Pub. L. 116–283, §1825(j), transferred subsec. (b) of section 2401a of this title to this section and struck out subsec. (b) designation and heading "Limitation on Contracts With Terms of 18 Months or More" at beginning.

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