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10 U.S.C. § 8678 — Chief of Naval Operations: certification required for disposal of combatant vessels
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no combatant vessel of the Navy may be sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of unless the Chief of Naval Operations certifies that it is not essential to the defense of the United States.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no combatant vessel of the Navy may be sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of unless the Chief of Naval Operations certifies that it is not essential to the defense of the United States.
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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)** The Secretary of the Army shall issue a campaign medal, to be known as the Korea Defense Service Medal, to each person who while a member of the Army served in the Republic of Korea or the waters adjacent thereto during the KDSM eligibility period and met the service requirements for the award of that medal prescribed under subsection (c).
**(b)** In this section, the term “KDSM eligibility period” means the period beginning on July 28, 1954, and ending on such date after the date of the enactment of this section as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense to be appropriate for terminating eligibility for the Korea Defense Service Medal.
**(c)** The Secretary of the Army shall prescribe service requirements for eligibility for the Korea Defense Service Medal. Those requirements shall not be more stringent than the service requirements for award of the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for instances in which the award of that medal is authorized.
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**(a) In general** Effective beginning on the date that is one year after December 22, 2023, the President is authorized to transfer up to two Virginia Class submarines from the inventory of the Department of the Navy to the Government of Australia on a sale basis, and transfer not more than one additional Virginia Class submarine to the Government of Australia on a sale basis pursuant to section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act ([22 U.S.C. 2761](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2761&num=0&edition=prelim)) during the 20-year period beginning on December 22, 2023, to implement the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (in this section referred to as the “AUKUS partnership”).
**(b) Provisions of law superseded** The transfer of a vessel authorized under subsection (a) shall not be subject to the requirements of—
(1) section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act ([22 U.S.C. 2776](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2776&num=0&edition=prelim)); or
(2) [section 8677 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section8677&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Costs of transfers** Any expense incurred by the United States in connection with a transfer of a vessel authorized under subsection (a) shall be charged to the Government of Australia notwithstanding [section 2321j(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2321j/e&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) Certifications and other requirements**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 270 days prior to the transfer of a vessel authorized under subsection (a), the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional c
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 8678a
ance with applicable provisions of law, but only
after—
(A) the Secretary of the Navy notifies the
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate
and the Committee on Armed Services of the
House of Representatives in writing of the pro-
posed disposition; and
(B) 30 days of continuous session of Congress
have expired following the date on which such
notice is sent to those committees.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the con-
tinuity of a session of Congress is broken only
by an adjournment of the Congress sine die, and
the days on which either House is not in session
because of an adjournment of more than 3 days
to a day certain are excluded in the computa-
tion of such 30-day period.
(Added Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VIII, § 824(b),
Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1709, § 7307; amended Pub.
L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1502(a)(1), Feb. 10,
1996, 110 Stat. 502; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X,
§ 1067(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 774; Pub. L.
109–364, div. A, title X, § 1013, Oct. 17, 2006, 120
Stat. 2376; renumbered § 8677, Pub. L. 115–232, div.
A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat.
1836.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Arms Export Control Act, referred to in subsec.
(a), is Pub. L. 90–629, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1320, as
amended. Chapter 6 of that Act is classified generally
to subchapter VI (§ 2796 et seq.) of chapter 39 of Title 22,
Foreign Relations and Intercourse. For complete clas-
sification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note
set out under section 2751 of Title 22 and Tables.
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, referred to in sub-
sec. (a), is Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, as
amended. Chapter 2 of part II of that Act is classified
generally to
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