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[CITE: 10USC1764]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                CHAPTER 87--DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE
 
               SUBCHAPTER V--GENERAL MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1764. Authority to establish different minimum experience 
        requirements
        
    (a) Authority.--During the six-year period beginning on October 1, 
1992, and ending on September 30, 1998, the Secretary of Defense may 
prescribe a different minimum number of years of experience to be 
required for eligibility for appointment to an acquisition position 
referred to in subsection (b) than is required for such position under 
or pursuant to any provision of this chapter. Any requirement prescribed 
under this section for a position referred to in any paragraph of 
subsection (b) shall be applied uniformly to all positions referred to 
in such paragraph.
    (b) Applicability.--This section applies to the following 
acquisition positions in the Department of Defense:
        (1) Contracting officer.
        (2) Program executive officer.
        (3) Senior contracting official.

    (c) OPM Approval.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit any 
requirement with respect to civilian employees that is prescribed under 
this section to the Director of the Office of Personnel Management for 
approval if the Director does not disapprove the requirement within 30 
days after the date on which the Director receives the requirement, the 
requirement is deemed to be approved by the Director.
    (d) Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall notify Congress of each 
requirement prescribed under subsection (a) together with his reasons 
for prescribing such requirement.

(Added Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XII, Sec. 1202(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 
104 Stat. 1656.)
