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[CITE: 10USC1746]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER 87--DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE
 
                  SUBCHAPTER IV--EDUCATION AND TRAINING
 
Sec. 1746. Defense acquisition university structure

    (a) Defense Acquisition University Structure.--The Secretary of 
Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics, shall establish and maintain a defense 
acquisition university structure to provide for--
        (1) the professional educational development and training of the 
    acquisition workforce; and
        (2) research and analysis of defense acquisition policy issues 
    from an academic perspective.

    (b) Civilian Faculty Members.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may 
employ as many civilians as professors, instructors, and lecturers in 
the defense acquisition university structure as the Secretary considers 
necessary.
    (2) The compensation of persons employed under this subsection shall 
be as prescribed by the Secretary.
    (3) In this subsection, the term ``defense acquisition university'' 
includes the Defense Systems Management College.

(Added Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XII, Sec. 1202(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 
104 Stat. 1653; amended Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title IX, 
Sec. 904(d)(1), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1728; Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, 
title XV, Sec. 1503(a)(16), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 512; 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'' in introductory 
provisions.
    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-106 struck out ``(1)'' before ``The 
Secretary of Defense'' and redesignated subpars. (A) and (B) as pars. 
(1) and (2), respectively.
    1993--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103-160 substituted ``Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition and Technology'' for ``Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition''.


                             Effective Date

    Section 1209(h)(1) of Pub. L. 101-510 provided that: ``Subsection 
(b) of section 1746 of title 10, United States Code (as added by section 
1202), shall take effect with respect to the Defense Systems Management 
College on the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 5, 1990].''


    Establishment of Initial Defense Acquisition University Structure

    Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XII, Sec. 1205, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 
Stat. 1658, as amended by Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title X, 
Sec. 1073(d)(4)(A), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1905, provided that, not 
later than Oct. 1, 1991, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, was to 
prescribe regulations for the initial structure for a defense 
acquisition university under this section and to prescribe and submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives an implementation plan, including a charter, for the 
university structure, and not later than Aug. 1, 1992, the Secretary was 
to carry out the implementation plan.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1702 of this title; title 5 
section 5102.
