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10 U.S.C. § 4820 — National technology and industrial base plans, policy, and guidance
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations requiring consideration of the national technology and industrial base, in accordance with the strategy required by [section 4811 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section4811&num=0&edition=prelim), in the development and implementation of acquisition plans for each major defense acquisition program.
**(b) Acquisition Policy and Guidance.—** The Secretary of Defense shall develop and promulgate acquisition policy and guidance to the service acquisition executives, the heads of the appropriate Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities, and relevant program managers. Such policy and guidance shall be germane to the use of the research and development, manufacturing, and production capabilities identified pursuant to chapters 381 through 385 and chapter 389 of this title and the technologies, companies, laboratories, and factories in specific Department of Defense research and development, international cooperative research, procurement, and sustainment activities.
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations requiring consideration of the national technology and industrial base, in accordance with the strategy required by [section 4811 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section4811&num=0&edition=prelim), in the development and implementation of acquisition plans for each major defense acquisition program.
**(b) Acquisition Policy and Guidance.—** The Secretary of Defense shall develop and promulgate acquisition policy and guidance to the service acquisition executives, the heads of the appropriate Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities, and relevant program managers. Such policy and guidance shall be germane to the use of the research and development, manufacturing, and production capabilities identified pursuant to chapters 381 through 385 and chapter 389 of this title and the technologies, companies, laboratories, and factories in specific Department of Defense research and development, international cooperative research, procurement, and sustainment activities.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Prior Provisions
A prior section 2501, added Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title VIII, § 821(b)(1)(B), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2014, related to centralized guidance, analysis, and planning, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–484, § 4202(a).
Another prior section 2501 was renumbered [section 4861 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section4861&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “defense acquisition system” means—
(1) the workforce engaged in carrying out the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense;
(2) the management structure responsible for directing and overseeing the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense; and
(3) the statutory, regulatory, and policy framework that guides the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense.
**(b) Element of the Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “element of the defense acquisition system” means an organization that—
(1) employs members of the acquisition workforce;
(2) carries out acquisition functions; and
(3) focuses primarily on acquisition.
**(c) Acquisition.—** In this part, the term “acquisition” has the meaning provided in [section 131 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) National Security Strategy for National Technology and Industrial Base.—** The Secretary of Defense shall develop a national security strategy for the national technology and industrial base. The Secretary shall submit such strategy to Congress as an integrated part of the report submitted under [section 4814 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section4814&num=0&edition=prelim). Such strategy shall be based on a prioritized assessment of risks and challenges to the defense supply chain and shall ensure that the national technology and industrial base is capable of achieving the following national security objectives:
(1) Supplying, equipping, and supporting the force structure of the armed forces that is necessary to achieve—
(A) the objectives set forth in the national security strategy report submitted to Congress by the President pursuant to section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 ([50 U.S.C. 3043](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3043&num=0&edition=prelim));
(B) the policy guidance of the Secretary of Defense provided pursuant to [section 113(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section113/g&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(C) the future-years defense program submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to [section 221 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section221&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) Sustaining production, maintenance, repair, logistics, and other activities in support of military operations of various durations and intensity.
(3) Maintaining advanced research and development activities to provide the armed forces with systems capable of
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**(a) Acquisition Strategy Required.—** There shall be an acquisition strategy for each major defense acquisition program and each major system approved by a decision authority.
**(b) Responsible Official.—** For each acquisition strategy required by subsection (a), the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, or the decision authority, when the decision authority is the service acquisition executive of the military department that is managing the program, is responsible for issuing and maintaining the requirements for—
(1) the content of the strategy; and
(2) the review and approval process for the strategy.
**(c) Considerations.—**
(1) In issuing requirements for the content of an acquisition strategy for a major defense acquisition program or major system, the Under Secretary, or the decision authority, when the decision authority is the service acquisition executive of the military department that is managing the program, shall ensure that—
(A) the strategy clearly describes the proposed business case and capability management approach for the program or system, and to the maximum extent practicable, describes how capability requirements will be met through delivery of such program or system;
(B) the strategy contains a clear explanation of the resources, such as time, funding, and management capacity, necessary to meet capability requirements;
(C) the strategy is tailored to address program requirements and constraints; and
(D) the strategy considers the items listed in paragraph (2).
(2) Each strategy shall, where appropriate, consider the following:
(A) An approach that delivers required capabilities in increments, each depending on available mature technology, and that recognizes up front the need for future capability imp
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 4820
that the requirements of this section are applied to
research and development and procurement activi-
ties, including for the delivery of services, estab-
lished through any means including those under sec-
tion 2358(b) of title 10, United States Code [now 10
U.S.C. 4001(b)].
‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY
OF
RESOURCES.—The Secretary
shall ensure that sufficient resources, including subject
matter expertise, are allocated to execute the functions
necessary to carry out this section, including the as-
sessment, mitigation, contract administration, and
oversight functions.
‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section
shall be construed to limit or modify any other pro-
curement policy, procedure, requirement, or restriction
provided by law, including section 721 of the Defense
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565), as amended by
the Foreign Interference Risk Review Modernization
Act of 2018 (subtitle A of title XVII of Public Law
115–232).
‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP DATA.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall establish a process to update systems of
record to improve the assessment and mitigation of
risks associated with FOCI through the inclusion and
updating of all appropriate associated uniquely iden-
tifying information about the contracts and contrac-
tors and subcontracts and subcontractors in the Fed-
eral Awardee Performance and Integrity Information
System (FAPIIS), administered by the General Serv-
ices Administration, and the Commercial and Gov-
ernment Entity (CAGE) database, administered by
the Defense Logistics Agency.
‘‘(2) LIMITED
AVAILABILITY
OF
INFORMATION.—The
Secretary of Defense shall ensure that
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