2021 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part V - Acquisition
Subpart D - General Contracting Provisions
Chapter 279 - Contractor Audits and Accounting
Sec. 3845 - Contractor inventory accounting systems: standards

(a) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in regulations—

(b) The regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) shall not apply to a contract that is for an amount not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold.

(c) The regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) shall not apply to a contract for the purchase of commercial products.

(Added Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title VIII, §834(a)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2024, §2410b; amended Pub. L. 103–355, title IV, §4102(h), title VIII, §8105(i), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3341, 3393; Pub. L. 104–106, div. D, title XLIII, §4301(a)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 656; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, §1074(b)(3), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2660; Pub. L. 111–350, §5(b)(28), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3845; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §836(e)(6), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1870; renumbered §3845 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, §1835(c), (d)(2), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4240.)

A prior section 3845, added Pub. L. 85–861, §1(94), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1484; amended Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, §1234(a)(1), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2059, related to transfer or discharge of certain officers of Army National Guard of United States who are 64 years of age, prior to repeal Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §§1629(a)(3), 1691(b)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2963, 3026, effective Oct. 1, 1996. See section 14512(a) of this title.

2021—Pub. L. 116–283, §1835(c), renumbered section 2410b of this title as this section.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–283, §1835(d)(2), struck out "(as defined in section 103 of title 41)" after "commercial products".

2018—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted "commercial products" for "commercial items".

2011—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–350 substituted "section 103 of title 41)" for "section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)))".

1996—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104–106, as amended by Pub. L. 104–201, struck out "certification and" after "appropriate".

1994—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 103–355, §4102(h), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–355, §8105(i), added subsec. (c).

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 a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Jan. 1, 2020, subject to a savings provision, see section 836(h) of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as an Effective Date of 2018 Amendment; Savings Provision note under section 453b of Title 6, Domestic Security.

For effective date and applicability of amendment by Pub. L. 104–106, see section 4401 of Pub. L. 104–106, set out as a note under section 2220 of this title.

For effective date and applicability of amendment by Pub. L. 103–355, see section 10001 of Pub. L. 103–355, set out as a note under section 8752 of this title.

Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title VIII, §834(b), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2025, provided that:

"(1) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the regulations required by paragraph (1) of section 2410b of title 10, United States Code [now 10 U.S.C. 3845(a)(1)], as added by subsection (a), not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 29, 1988].

"(2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the regulations required by paragraph (2) of section 2410b of title 10, United States Code [now 10 U.S.C. 3845(a)(2)], as added by subsection (a), not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act."