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[CITE: 10USC1707]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER 87--DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE
 
         SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL AUTHORITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 
Sec. 1707. Personnel in the Office of the Secretary of Defense 
        and in the Defense Agencies
        
    (a) Policies.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, shall 
establish and implement, in such manner as the Secretary considers 
appropriate, policies and procedures for the effective management, 
including accession, education, training, and career development, of 
persons serving in acquisition positions in the Office of the Secretary 
of Defense and the Defense Agencies. Such policies and procedures shall 
include (1) the establishment of one or more Acquisition Corps with 
respect to such persons, and (2) the establishment of an acquisition 
career program board (and any appropriate subordinate board structure) 
with respect to such persons. The Secretary shall ensure that, to the 
maximum extent practicable, such policies and procedures are as uniform 
as practicable with the policies established under this chapter for the 
military departments.
    (b) Management.--The Director of Acquisition Education, Training, 
and Career Development appointed under section 1703 of this title shall 
serve as the Director of Acquisition Career Management for the Office of 
the Secretary of Defense and for the Defense Agencies.

(Added Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XII, Sec. 1202(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 
104 Stat. 1639; amended Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title IX, 
Sec. 904(d)(1), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1728; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, 
title IX, Sec. 911(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 717.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics'' for ``Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology''.
    1993--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-160 substituted ``Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Technology'' for ``Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition''.
