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10 U.S.C. § 8271 — Settlement of accounts: remission or cancellation of indebtedness of members
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary of the Navy may have remitted or cancelled any part of the indebtedness of a person to the United States or any instrumentality of the United States incurred while the person was serving as a member of the naval service, whether as a regular or a reserve in active status, but only if the Secretary considers such action to be in the best interest of the United States.
**(b) Retroactive Applicability to Certain Debts.—** The authority in subsection (a) may be exercised with respect to any debt covered by that subsection that is incurred on or after October 7, 2001.
**(c) Regulations.—** This section shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary of the Navy may have remitted or cancelled any part of the indebtedness of a person to the United States or any instrumentality of the United States incurred while the person was serving as a member of the naval service, whether as a regular or a reserve in active status, but only if the Secretary considers such action to be in the best interest of the United States.
**(b) Retroactive Applicability to Certain Debts.—** The authority in subsection (a) may be exercised with respect to any debt covered by that subsection that is incurred on or after October 7, 2001.
**(c) Regulations.—** This section shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
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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) In General.—** The Secretary of the Army may have remitted or cancelled any part of the indebtedness of a person to the United States or any instrumentality of the United States incurred while the person was serving as a member of the Army, whether as a regular or a reserve in active status, but only if the Secretary considers such action to be in the best interest of the United States.
**(b) Retroactive Applicability to Certain Debts.—** The authority in subsection (a) may be exercised with respect to any debt covered by that subsection that is incurred on or after October 7, 2001.
**(c) Regulations.—** This section shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
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**(a) Annual Selected Acquisition Reports.—**
(1) At the end of each fiscal year, the Administrator shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on each covered hardware project. The reports shall be known as Selected Acquisition Reports for the covered hardware project concerned.
(2) The information contained in the Selected Acquisition Report for a fiscal year for a covered hardware project shall be the information contained in the Selected Acquisition Report for such fiscal year for a major defense acquisition program under section 4351 or any successor system, expressed in terms of the covered hardware project.
**(b) Covered Hardware Project Defined.—** In this section, the term “covered hardware project” means a project carried out under the defense nuclear nonproliferation research and development program that—
(1) is focused on the production and deployment of hardware, including with respect to the development and deployment of satellites or satellite payloads; and
(2) exceeds $500,000,000 in total program cost over the course of five years.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 8271
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and
assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities
and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat-
ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security,
and for treatment of related references, see sections
468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu-
rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor-
ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set
out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
§ 8267. Uniform: sale to former members of the
naval service
(a) Under such regulations as the Secretary of
the Navy prescribes, exterior articles of uniform
may be sold to a person who has been discharged
from the naval service honorably or under hon-
orable conditions. This section does not modify
section 772 or 773 of this title.
(b) Money received from sales under this sec-
tion shall be covered into the Treasury to the
credit of the appropriation out of which the arti-
cles were purchased.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 386, § 6156; re-
numbered § 8267, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title
VIII, § 807(b)(10), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1835.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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section
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Source (Statutes at Large)
6156 .........
34 U.S.C. 608.
Feb. 14, 1927, ch. 134, 44
Stat. 1096.
The word ‘‘person’’ is substituted for the words
‘‘former members of the naval service’’.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6156 of this
title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019,
with provision for the coordination of amendments and
special rule for certain redesignatio
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