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10 U.S.C. § 1722b — Special requirements for civilian employees in the acquisition field
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**(a) Requirement for Policy and Guidance Regarding Civilian Personnel in Acquisition.—** The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall establish policies and issue guidance to ensure the proper development, assignment, and employment of civilian members of the acquisition workforce to achieve the objectives specified in subsection (b).
**(b) Objectives.—** Policies established and guidance issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall ensure, at a minimum, the following:
(1) A career path in the acquisition field that attracts the highest quality civilian personnel, from either within or outside the Federal Government.
(2) A deliberate workforce development strategy that increases attainment of key experiences that contribute to a highly qualified acquisition workforce.
(3) Sufficient opportunities for promotion and advancement in the acquisition field.
(4) A sufficient number of qualified, trained members eligible for and active in the acquisition field to ensure adequate capacity, capability, and effective succession for acquisition functions, including contingency contracting, of the Department of Defense.
(5) A deliberate workforce development strategy that ensures diversity in promotion, advancement, and experiential opportunities commensurate with the general workforce outlined in this section.
**(c) Key Work Experiences.—** In carrying out subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall ensure that key work experiences, in the form of multidisciplinary experiences, are developed for each acquisition workforce career field.
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**(a) Requirement for Policy and Guidance Regarding Civilian Personnel in Acquisition.—** The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall establish policies and issue guidance to ensure the proper development, assignment, and employment of civilian members of the acquisition workforce to achieve the objectives specified in subsection (b).
**(b) Objectives.—** Policies established and guidance issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall ensure, at a minimum, the following:
(1) A career path in the acquisition field that attracts the highest quality civilian personnel, from either within or outside the Federal Government.
(2) A deliberate workforce development strategy that increases attainment of key experiences that contribute to a highly qualified acquisition workforce.
(3) Sufficient opportunities for promotion and advancement in the acquisition field.
(4) A sufficient number of qualified, trained members eligible for and active in the acquisition field to ensure adequate capacity, capability, and effective succession for acquisition functions, including contingency contracting, of the Department of Defense.
(5) A deliberate workforce development strategy that ensures diversity in promotion, advancement, and experiential opportunities commensurate with the general workforce outlined in this section.
**(c) Key Work Experiences.—** In carrying out subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall ensure that key work experiences, in the form of multidisciplinary experiences, are developed for each acquisition workforce career field.
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**(a) Definition.—** Except as provided under subsection (b), in this part, the term “major defense acquisition program” means a Department of Defense acquisition program that is not a highly sensitive classified program (as determined by the Secretary of Defense) and—
(1) that is designated by the Secretary of Defense as a major defense acquisition program; or
(2) in the case of a program that is not a program for the acquisition of an automated information system (either a product or a service), that is estimated by the Secretary of Defense to require—
(A) an eventual total expenditure for research, development, test, and evaluation of more than $1,000,000,000 (based on fiscal year 2024 constant dollars); or
(B) an eventual total expenditure for procurement, including all planned increments or spirals, of more than $4,500,000,000 (based on fiscal year 2024 constant dollars).
**(b) Exceptions.—** In this part, the term “major defense acquisition program” does not include the following:
(1) An acquisition program or project that is carried out using the rapid fielding or rapid prototyping acquisition pathway under [section 3602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3602&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) An acquisition program for a defense business system (as defined in [section 2222(i)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2222/i/1&num=0&edition=prelim)) carried out using the acquisition guidance issued pursuant to section 883(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; [10 U.S.C. 2223a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section2223a&num=0&edition=prelim) note).11 See References in
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**(a) Establishment.—** The Secretary of Defense shall establish an account to be known as the “Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account” (in this section referred to as the “Account”) to provide funds, in addition to other funds that may be available, for the recruitment, training, and retention of acquisition personnel of the Department of Defense.
**(b) Purpose.—** The purpose of the Account is to ensure that the Department of Defense acquisition workforce has the capacity, in both personnel and skills, needed to properly perform its mission, provide appropriate oversight of contractor performance, and ensure that the Department receives the best value for the expenditure of public resources.
**(c) Management.—** The Account shall be managed by a senior official of the Department of Defense designated by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment for that purpose, from among persons with an extensive background in management relating to acquisition and personnel.
**(d) Elements.—** The Account shall consist of amounts appropriated to the Account by law.
**(e) Availability of Funds.—**
(1) **In general.—**
(A) Subject to the provisions of this subsection, amounts in the Account shall be available to the Secretary of Defense for expenditure, or for transfer to a military department or Defense Agency, for the recruitment, training, and retention of acquisition personnel of the Department of Defense for the purpose of the Account, including for the provision of training and retention incentives to the acquisition workforce of the Department and to develop acquisition tools and methodologies, and undertake research and development activities, leading to acquisition policies and practices that will improve the efficiency a
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### Statutory Notes
Section, added Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(b)(2)(A), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 279; amended Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title VIII, § 817(b), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2455; 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. 111–23, title II, § 206(b), May 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1728; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title X, § 1071(f)(18), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3511; Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title VIII, § 825(a), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 907; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII, §§ 807(b), 847(a), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2261, 2292; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VIII, § 831, title X, § 1081(a)(38), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1467, 1596; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1846(c)(1), (d)(1), (f)(1), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4248–4250, defined major defense acquisition program. See sections 4201, 4202(a), and 4204 of this title.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3001&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the defense acquisition system expeditiously provides the armed forces with the capabilities necessary to operate effectively, to address evolving threats, and to sustain the military advantage of the United States in the most cost-effective manner practicable.
**(b) Guidance.—** The Secretary of Defense shall issue guidance to carry out subsection (a) and shall ensure that the defense acquisition system prioritizes the needs of end users and is validated by direct engagement, experimentation, and iteration. Such guidance shall require the following:
(1) All activities of the defense acquisition system contribute to the expeditious delivery of capabilities to enhance the operational readiness of the armed forces and enable the missions of the Department of Defense.
(2) A leadership culture and organizational structure that empowers individuals in the management of the defense acquisition system and encourages appropriate delegation authority, collaboration, and mission-focused risk-taking.
(3) Sufficient numbers of members of the acquisition workforce to support the defense acquisition system, and that such members are properly trained and assigned.
(4) Resource decisions for the defense acquisition system to prioritize best value and seek to balance life-cycle costs, schedule, performance, and quantity through continuous trade-off analysis informed by prototyping and direct feedback from end users.
(5) Adoption and integration in the defense acquisition system of advanced approaches in digital engineering, model-based engineering, and simulation environments to enable rapid, iterative designs and technology insertion to maximize mission outcomes.
(6) Active pursuit of innovative solutions to enhance
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 1722b
Chief of Naval Operations, the Chief of Staff of the Air
Force, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps (with
respect to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine
Corps, respectively),’’ after ‘‘military department)’’.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 114–92, § 842(b)(2), inserted ‘‘sin-
gle-track’’ before ‘‘career path’’.
Subsec. (b)(2) to (4). Pub. L. 114–92, § 842(b)(1), (3),
added par. (2) and redesignated former pars. (2) and (3)
as (3) and (4), respectively.
§ 1722b. Special requirements for civilian em-
ployees in the acquisition field
(a) REQUIREMENT
FOR POLICY
AND GUIDANCE
REGARDING
CIVILIAN
PERSONNEL
IN
ACQUISI-
TION.—The Secretary of Defense, acting through
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
and Sustainment, shall establish policies and
issue guidance to ensure the proper develop-
ment, assignment, and employment of civilian
members of the acquisition workforce to achieve
the objectives specified in subsection (b).
(b) OBJECTIVES.—Policies established and guid-
ance issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall en-
sure, at a minimum, the following:
(1) A career path in the acquisition field that
attracts the highest quality civilian per-
sonnel, from either within or outside the Fed-
eral Government.
(2) A deliberate workforce development
strategy that increases attainment of key ex-
periences that contribute to a highly qualified
acquisition workforce.
(3) Sufficient opportunities for promotion
and advancement in the acquisition field.
(4) A sufficient number of qualified, trained
members eligible for and active in the acquisi-
tion field to ensure adequate capacity, capa-
bility, and effective succession for acquisition
functions, including contingency contracting,
of the Department of Defense.
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