Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections

10 U.S.C. § 3604 — Program to accelerate the procurement and fielding of innovative technologies

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

10 U.S.C. § 3604 — Program to accelerate the procurement and fielding of innovative technologies

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 10 U.S.C. § 3604

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.

Original supplied file — preserved unchanged

Download original Markdown file

File SHA-256: f5416a3e950d59086cd9bdef37cb9e87d35077ef2fca8c44eaab2701a1f3a851. The original may include catalog metadata, neighboring provisions, or embedded records outside this collection's scope. Search shows only the selected federal record. Historical editions and unverified snapshots are not a statement of current law.

Authority boundary: historical or unconfirmed source not current law verified.

Open the recorded source website ↗

Record provenance

Stable record: federal_law:legal_authorities:record_usc_4a047155c4224febf3b468de
Source file: Laws/federal/codes/united-states-code/title-10/section-3604-program-to-accelerate-the-procurement-and-fielding-of-innovative-technol--32aea4b105.md
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: 672bbf226dcef7638da5179bd3ba0c87aa969375eeaf7aad346419ffbdc0bc94

Source location: Title 10, Chapter 253, § 3604; chapter-253-rapid-acquisition-procedures.md

Stored source content

**(a) Program.—** Subject to availability of appropriations, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a competitive, merit-based program to accelerate the procurement and fielding of innovative technologies by, with respect to such technologies— (1) reducing acquisition or life-cycle costs; (2) addressing technical risks; (3) improving the timeliness and thoroughness of test and evaluation outcomes; and (4) rapidly implementing such technologies to directly support defense missions. **(b) Guidelines.—** (1) **In general.—** — The Secretary shall issue guidelines for the operation of the program established under this section. (2) **Contents.—** — At a minimum, the guidelines for the operation of the program established under this section required under paragraph (1) shall provide for the following: (A) The issuance of one or more solicitations for proposals by the Department of Defense in support of the program, with a priority established for technologies developed by small business concerns (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act ([15 U.S.C. 632](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section632&num=0&edition=prelim))) or nontraditional defense contractors (as defined under [section 3014 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3014&num=0&edition=prelim)). (B) The issuance of not more than two solicitations for proposals by the Department of Defense in support of the program each fiscal year for innovative technologies from entities that, during the one-year period preceding the issuance of the solicitation, have not performed on contracts and subcontracts for the Department under which the aggregate obligations of the Department to such entity for such period exceeds $400,000,000. (C) A process for— (i) the review of proposals received in response to a solicitation issued under subparagraph (A) by the Secretary of Defense and by each Secretary of a military department; (ii) the merit-based selection of the most promising cost-effective proposals; and (iii) the procurement of goods or services offered by such a proposal through contracts, cooperative agreements, other transaction authority, or by another appropriate process. **(c) Amount.—** The total amount of funding provided for any proposal selected for an award under the program established under this section shall be greater than or equal to $10,000,000 and shall not exceed $50,000,000, unless the Secretary (or designee of the Secretary) approves a greater amount of funding. **(d) Data Collection.—** (1) **Plan required before implementation.—** — The Secretary of Defense may not provide funding under this section until the date on which the Secretary— (A) completes a plan for carrying out the data collection required under paragraph (2); and (B) submits the plan to the congressional defense committees. (2) **Data collection required.—** — The Secretary of Defense shall collect and analyze data on the program established under this section for the purposes of— (A) developing and sharing best practices for achieving the objectives of the program; (B) providing information on the implementation of the program and related policy issues; and (C) reporting to the congressional defense committees as required under subsection (e). **(e) Biannual Report.—** Not later than March 1 and September 1 of each year beginning after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the program established under this section. **(f) Congressional Notification.—** The Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees within 30 days after funding has been provided for a proposal selected for an award under the program established under this section.

Cross-references

Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

15 U.S.C. § 632 — Definitions

**(a) Small business concerns** (1) **In general** — For the purposes of this chapter, a small-business concern, including but not limited to enterprises that are engaged in the business of production of food and fiber, ranching and raising of livestock, aquaculture, and all other farming and agricultural related industries, shall be deemed to be one which is independently owned and operated and which is not dominant in its field of operation. (2) **Establishment of size standards** (A) *In general* — In addition to the criteria specified in paragraph (1) and subject to the requirements specified under subparagraph (C), the Administrator may specify detailed definitions or standards by which a business concern may be determined to be a small business concern for the purposes of this chapter or any other Act. (B) *Additional criteria* — The standards described in paragraph (1) may utilize number of employees, dollar volume of business, net worth, net income, a combination thereof, or other appropriate factors. (C) *Requirements* — Unless specifically authorized by statute, no Federal department (including the Administration when acting pursuant to subparagraph (A)) or agency may prescribe a size standard for categorizing a business concern as a small business concern, unless such proposed size standard— (i) is proposed after an opportunity for public notice and comment; (ii) provides for determining— (I) the size of a manufacturing concern as measured by the manufacturing concern’s average employment based upon employment during each of the manufacturing concern’s pay periods for the preceding 24 months; (II) the size of a business concern providing services on the basis of the annual average gross receipts of the business concern over

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 15 U.S.C. § 632

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

10 U.S.C. § 3014 — Nontraditional defense contractor

In this part, the term “nontraditional defense contractor”, with respect to a procurement or with respect to a transaction authorized under section 4021(a) or 4022 of this title, means an entity that is not currently performing and has not performed, for at least the one-year period preceding the solicitation of sources by the Department of Defense for the procurement or transaction, any contract or subcontract for the Department of Defense that is subject to full coverage under the cost accounting standards prescribed pursuant to [section 1502 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1502&num=0&edition=prelim) and the regulations implementing such section.

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 10 U.S.C. § 3014

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

10 U.S.C. § 4061 — Defense Research and Development Rapid Innovation Program

**(a) Program Established.—** (1) The Secretary of Defense shall establish a competitive, merit-based program to enable and assist small businesses to accelerate the commercialization of various technologies, including critical technologies developed pursuant to phase II Small Business Innovation Research Program projects, phase II Small Business Technology Transfer Program projects, technologies developed by the defense laboratories, capabilities developed through competitively awarded prototype agreements and other innovative technologies (including dual use technologies). (2) The purpose of this program is to stimulate innovative technologies and reduce acquisition or lifecycle costs, address technical risks, improve the timeliness and thoroughness of test and evaluation outcomes, support the integration of such products, and rapidly insert such products directly in support of primarily major defense acquisition programs, but also other defense acquisition programs that meet critical national security needs. **(b) Guidelines.—** The Secretary shall issue guidelines for the operation of the program. At a minimum such guidance shall provide for the following: (1) The issuance of one or more broad agency announcements or the use of any other competitive or merit-based processes by the Department of Defense for candidate proposals in support of primarily major defense acquisition programs, but also other defense acquisition programs as described in subsection (a). (2) The review of candidate proposals by the Department of Defense and by each Office of Small Business Programs of each military department and the merit-based selection of the most promising cost-effective proposals for funding through contracts, cooperative agreements, and other transactions for the pur

Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 10 U.S.C. § 4061

Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

10 U.S.C. § 3604 — Program to accelerate the procurement

Page 2516 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 3604 or developed under the authority of this sec- tion through engagement with the user com- munity and through user feedback, in order to continuously define and update priorities for such requirements; (2) early identification of the warfighter or user needs including the rationale for how software and covered hardware to be acquired or developed under the authority of this sec- tion will be tailored to address such needs; (3) initial contract requirements and format, including the use of summary-level lists of problems in existing software and desired fea- tures or capabilities of new or upgraded soft- ware; (4) continuous refinement and prioritization of contract requirements, informed by contin- uous engagement with users throughout the period of development and implementation of software and covered hardware to be acquired or developed under this section; (5) continuous consideration of issues re- lated to lifecycle costs, technical data rights, and systems interoperability; (6) planning for support of capabilities of software to be acquired or developed under this section if the software developer stops supporting the software; (7) rapid contracting procedures, including expedited timeframes for making awards, se- lecting contract types, defining teaming ar- rangements, and defining options; (8) program execution processes, including supporting development and test infrastruc- ture, automation and tools, digital engineer- ing, data collection and sharing with Depart- ment of Defense stakeholders and with Con- gress, the role of developmental and oper- ational testing activities, key decision-mak- ing and oversight events, and supporting proc- esses and activities (such as independent cost- ing activity, o

Source: Supplied 2024 U.S. Code historical extraction · 10 U.S.C. § 3604

Stored review status: historical_2024_not_currentness_verified. Same stored citation; legal effect and authority still require review.

Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities

15 U.S.C. § 632 — Definitions

Page 769 TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE § 632 Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This subtitle, referred to in subsec. (a), is subtitle D (§§ 141–147) of title I of div. K of Pub. L. 108–447, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3453, which enacted this section, amended sections 637, 648, 657b, and 657c of this title, enacted provisions set out as note under section 637 of this title, and amended provisions set out as a note under section 657b of this title. For complete classification of subtitle D to the Code, see Tables. CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the Small Business Reauthorization and Manufacturing Assistance Act of 2004, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropria- tions Act, 2005, and not as part of the Small Business Act which comprises this chapter. § 632. Definitions (a) Small business concerns (1) In general For the purposes of this chapter, a small- business concern, including but not limited to enterprises that are engaged in the business of production of food and fiber, ranching and raising of livestock, aquaculture, and all other farming and agricultural related industries, shall be deemed to be one which is independ- ently owned and operated and which is not dominant in its field of operation. (2) Establishment of size standards (A) In general In addition to the criteria specified in paragraph (1) and subject to the require- ments specified under subparagraph (C), the Administrator may specify detailed defini- tions or standards by which a business con- cern may be determined to be a small busi- ness concern for the purposes of this chapter or any other Act. (B) Additional criteria The standards described in paragraph (1) may utilize number of employees, dollar vol- ume of business, net worth, net income, a combinatio

Source: Supplied 2024 U.S. Code historical extraction · 15 U.S.C. § 632

Stored review status: historical_2024_not_currentness_verified. The source passage cites 15 U.S.C. § 632. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.