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[CITE: 10USC1721]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER 87--DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--DEFENSE ACQUISITION POSITIONS
 
Sec. 1721. Designation of acquisition positions

    (a) Designation.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate in 
regulations those positions in the Department of Defense that are 
acquisition positions for purposes of this chapter.
    (b) Required Positions.--In designating the positions under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, all 
acquisition-related positions in the following areas:
        (1) Program management.
        (2) Systems planning, research, development, engineering, and 
    testing.
        (3) Procurement, including contracting.
        (4) Industrial property management.
        (5) Logistics.
        (6) Quality control and assurance.
        (7) Manufacturing and production.
        (8) Business, cost estimating, financial management, and 
    auditing.
        (9) Education, training, and career development.
        (10) Construction.
        (11) Joint development and production with other government 
    agencies and foreign countries.

    (c) Management Headquarters Activities.--The Secretary also shall 
designate as acquisition positions under subsection (a) those 
acquisition-related positions which are in management headquarters 
activities and in management headquarters support activities. For 
purposes of this subsection, the terms ``management headquarters 
activities'' and ``management headquarters support activities'' have the 
meanings given those terms in Department of Defense Directive 5100.73, 
entitled ``Department of Defense Management Headquarters and 
Headquarters Support Activities'', dated November 12, 1996.

(Added Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XII, Sec. 1202(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 
104 Stat. 1640; amended Pub. L. 102-25, title VII, Sec. 701(j)(1), Apr. 
6, 1991, 105 Stat. 116; Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title IX, Sec. 912(f), 
Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1862.)


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-85 substituted ``November 12, 1996'' 
for ``November 25, 1988''.
    1991--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-25 substituted ``Activities', dated'' 
for ``Activities,' dated'' in last sentence.


        Twenty Percent Reduction in Defense Acquisition Workforce

    Section 905 of Pub. L. 101-510, required Secretary of Defense to 
reduce number of employees in Department of Defense acquisition 
workforce on last day of each of fiscal years 1991 through 1995 below 
number of employees in such workforce on last day of preceding fiscal 
year by not less than number equal to 4 percent of number of employees 
in such workforce on Sept. 30, 1990, and which defined ``Department of 
Defense acquisition workforce'', prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102-190, 
div. A, title IX, Sec. 904, Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1451.


            Deadline for Designation of Acquisition Positions

    Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XII, Sec. 1209(b), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 
Stat. 1666, as amended by Pub. L. 102-25, title VII, Sec. 704(b)(3)(B), 
Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 119; Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title IX, 
Sec. 904(f), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1729, provided that the 
designation of acquisition positions required by this section was to be 
made by the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Technology, not later than Oct. 1, 1991.
