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10 U.S.C. § 4142 — Extramural acquisition innovation and research activities

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10 U.S.C. § 4142 — Extramural acquisition innovation and research activities

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**(a) Establishment.—** The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall establish and maintain extramural acquisition innovation and research activities as described in subsection (c), which shall include an acquisition research organization within a civilian college or university that is not owned or operated by the Federal Government that is established to provide and maintain essential research and development capabilities through a long-term strategic relationship with the Department of Defense. **(b) Goals.—** The goal of any activity conducted pursuant to this section shall be to provide academic analyses and policy alternatives for innovation in defense acquisition policies and practices to policymakers in the Federal Government by using a variety of means intended to widely disseminate research findings from such an activity, in addition to executing demonstration and pilot programs of innovative acquisition policies and practices. **(c) Activities.—** The activities described in this subsection are as follows: (1) Research on past and current defense acquisition policies and practices, commercial and international best practices, and the application of new technologies and analytical capabilities to improve acquisition policies and practices. (2) Pilot programs to prototype and demonstrate new acquisition practices for potential transition to wider use in the Department of Defense. (3) Establishment of data repositories and development of analytical capabilities, in coordination with the Chief Data Officer of the Department of Defense, to enable researchers and acquisition professionals to access and analyze historical data sets to support research and new policy and practice development. (4) Executive education to— (A) support acquisition workforce development, including for early career, mid-career, and senior leaders; and (B) provide appropriate education on acquisition issues to non-acquisition professionals. (5) On an ongoing basis, a review of the implementation of recommendations contained in relevant Department of Defense and private sector studies on acquisition policies and practices, including— (A) for recommendations for the enactment of legislation, identify the extent to which the recommendations have been enacted into law by Congress; (B) for recommendations for the issuance of regulations, identify the extent to which the recommendations have been adopted through the issuance or revision of regulations; (C) for recommendations for revisions to policies and procedures in the executive branch, identify the extent to which the recommendations have been adopted through issuance of an appropriate implementing directive or other form of guidance; and (D) for recommendations for the resources required to implement recommendations contained in relevant Department of Defense and private sector studies on acquisition policies and practices. (6) Engagement with researchers and acquisition professionals in the Department of Defense, as appropriate. **(d) Funding.—** Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary may use amounts available in the Defense Acquisition Workforce and Development Account to carry out the requirements of this section. **(e) Annual Report.—** Not later than September 30, 2021, and annually thereafter, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the congressional defense committees a report describing the activities conducted under this section during the previous year.

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10 U.S.C. § 221 — Future-years defense program: submission to Congress; consistency in budgeting

**(a)** The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress each year, not later than five days after the date on which the President’s budget is submitted to Congress that year under [section 1105(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105/a&num=0&edition=prelim), a future-years defense program (including associated annexes) reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations included in that budget. Any such future-years defense program shall cover the fiscal year with respect to which the budget is submitted and at least the four succeeding fiscal years. **(b)** (1) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that amounts described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) for any fiscal year are consistent with amounts described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) for that fiscal year. (2) Amounts referred to in paragraph (1) are the following: (A) The amounts specified in program and budget information submitted to Congress by the Secretary in support of expenditure estimates and proposed appropriations in the budget submitted to Congress by the President under [section 1105(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105/a&num=0&edition=prelim) for any fiscal year, as shown in the future-years defense program submitted pursuant to subsection (a). (B) The total amounts of estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations necessary to support the programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense included pursuant to paragraph (5) of [section 1105(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105/a&num=0&edition=prelim) in the budget submitted to Congress under that section for any fiscal year.

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10 U.S.C. § 3001 — Defense acquisition system; element of the defense acquisition system

**(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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10 U.S.C. § 2361a — Renumbered § 4142]

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10 U.S.C. § 1746a — Acquisition workforce educational partnerships

**(a) Establishment.—** The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall establish a program within Defense Acquisition University to— (1) facilitate the engagement of relevant experts, including with the acquisition research activities established under [section 4142 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section4142&num=0&edition=prelim), with the faculty of the Defense Acquisition University to assess and modify the curriculum of the Defense Acquisition University, as appropriate, to enhance the capabilities of the Defense Acquisition University to support educational, training, and research activities in support of acquisition missions of the Department of Defense; (2) establish a cross-discipline, peer mentoring program for academic advising and to address critical retention concerns with respect to the acquisition workforce; (3) partner with extramural institutions and military department functional leadership to offer training and on-the-job learning support to all members of the acquisition workforce addressing operational challenges that affect procurement decisionmaking; (4) support the partnerships between the Department of Defense and extramural institutions with missions relating to the training and continuous development of members of the acquisition workforce; (5) accelerate the adoption, appropriate design and customization, and use of flexible acquisition practices by the acquisition workforce by expanding the availability of training and on-the-job learning and guidance on such practices and incorporating such training into the curriculum of the Defense Acquisition University; and (6) support and enhance the capabilities of the faculty of th

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10 U.S.C. § 4142 — Extramural acquisition innovation and re-

Page 2673 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 4142 ‘‘(2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall cover the preceding fiscal year and shall be submitted not later than February 1 of the fiscal year after the fiscal year covered by the report.’’ Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 104–106, § 1502(a)(1), substituted ‘‘Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Rep- resentatives’’ for ‘‘Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives’’. Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 104–106, § 264, substituted ‘‘pre- ceding fiscal year’’ for ‘‘preceding calendar year’’ and ‘‘the fiscal year after the fiscal year’’ for ‘‘the year after the year’’. 1994—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–337 added subsec. (c). 1993—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 103–35 substituted ‘‘incon- sistent’’ for ‘‘inconsisent’’. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–160 struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: ‘‘(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives an annual report on the use of competitive procedures for the award of research and development contracts, and the award of construction contracts, to colleges and universities. Each such re- port shall include— ‘‘(A) a list of each college and university that, dur- ing the period covered by the report, received more than $1,000,000 in such contracts through the use of procedures other than competitive procedures; and ‘‘(B) the cumulative amount of such contracts re- ceived during that period by each such college and university. ‘‘(2) The reports under paragraph (1) shall cover the preceding calendar year and shall be submitted not later than February 1 of the year after the year covered by the report. ‘‘(3) A report is not required under para

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