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[CITE: 10USC1735]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER 87--DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER III--ACQUISITION CORPS
 
Sec. 1735. Education, training, and experience requirements for 
        critical acquisition positions
        
    (a) Qualification Requirements.--In establishing the education, 
training, and experience requirements under section 1723 of this title 
for critical acquisition positions, the Secretary of Defense shall, at a 
minimum, include the requirements set forth in subsections (b) through 
(e).
    (b) Program Managers and Deputy Program Managers.--Before being 
assigned to a position as a program manager or deputy program manager of 
a major defense acquisition program or a significant nonmajor defense 
acquisition program, a person--
        (1) must have completed the program management course at the 
    Defense Systems Management College or a management program at an 
    accredited educational institution determined to be comparable by 
    the Secretary of Defense;
        (2) must have executed a written agreement as required in 
    section 1734(b)(2); and
        (3) in the case of--
            (A) a program manager of a major defense acquisition 
        program, must have at least eight years of experience in 
        acquisition, at least two years of which were performed in a 
        systems program office or similar organization;
            (B) a program manager of a significant nonmajor defense 
        acquisition program, must have at least six years of experience 
        in acquisition;
            (C) a deputy program manager of a major defense acquisition 
        program, must have at least six years of experience in 
        acquisition, at least two years of which were performed in a 
        systems program office or similar organization; and
            (D) a deputy program manager of a significant nonmajor 
        defense acquisition program, must have at least four years of 
        experience in acquisition.

    (c) Program Executive Officers.--Before being assigned to a position 
as a program executive officer, a person--
        (1) must have completed the program management course at the 
    Defense Systems Management College or a management program at an 
    accredited educational institution in the private sector determined 
    to be comparable by the Secretary of Defense, acting through the 
    Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and 
    Logistics;
        (2) must have at least 10 years experience in an acquisition 
    position, at least four years of which were performed while assigned 
    to a critical acquisition position; and
        (3) must have held a position as a program manager or a deputy 
    program manager.

    (d) General and Flag Officers and Civilians in Equivalent 
Positions.--Before a general or flag officer, or a civilian serving in a 
position equivalent in grade to the grade of such an officer, may be 
assigned to a critical acquisition position, the person must have at 
least 10 years experience in an acquisition position, at least four 
years of which were performed while assigned to a critical acquisition 
position.
    (e) Senior Contracting Officials.--Before a person may be assigned 
to a critical acquisition position as a senior contracting official, the 
person must have at least four years experience in contracting.

(Added Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XII, Sec. 1202(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 
104 Stat. 1648; amended Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title VIII, 
Sec. 812(d), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2451; 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. (c)(1). 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. (c)(1). Pub. L. 103-160 substituted ``Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition and Technology'' for ``Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition''.
    1992--Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 102-484 struck out ``or deputy program 
manager'' after ``program manager'' in subpars. (A) and (B), struck out 
``and'' at end of subpar. (A), substituted semicolon for period at end 
of subpar. (B), and added subpars. (C) and (D).


              Fulfillment Standards for Mandatory Training

    For provisions relating to development of fulfillment standards for 
purposes of the training requirements of this section, see section 
812(c) of Pub. L. 102-484, set out as a note under section 1723 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1736 of this title.
