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[CITE: 10USC2202]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                 CHAPTER 131--PLANNING AND COORDINATION
 
Sec. 2202. Regulations on procurement, production, warehousing, 
        and supply distribution functions
        
    The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations governing the 
performance within the Department of Defense of the procurement, 
production, warehousing, and supply distribution functions, and related 
functions, of the Department of Defense.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 120; Pub. L. 100-180, div. A, title 
XII, Sec. 1202, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1153; Pub. L. 103-355, title 
III, Sec. 3061(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3336.)

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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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2202..................................  41:162.                              Ju
ly 10, 1952, ch. 630, Sec.  638,
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6 Stat. 537.
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    The words ``an officer or agency * * * may * * * only'' are 
substituted for the words ``no officer or agency * * * shall * * * 
except''. The word ``of'', before the words ``the Department'', is 
substituted for the words ``in or under''. The words ``under regulations 
prescribed'' are substituted for the words ``in accordance with 
regulations issued''. The words ``after the effective date of this 
section'' and 41:162(b) are omitted as executed. The words ``or 
equipment'' are omitted as covered by the definition of ``supplies'' in 
section 101(26) of this title.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-355 amended heading and text generally. Prior to 
amendment, text read as follows:
    ``(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an officer or 
agency of the Department of Defense may obligate funds for procuring, 
producing, warehousing, or distributing supplies, or for related 
functions of supply management, only under regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary of Defense. The purpose of this section is to achieve the 
efficient, economical, and practical operation of an integrated supply 
system to meet the needs of the military departments without duplicate 
or overlapping operations or functions.
    ``(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, the availability for 
obligation of funds appropriated for any program, project, or activity 
of the Department of Defense expires at the end of the three-year period 
beginning on the date that such funds initially become available for 
obligation unless before the end of such period the Secretary of Defense 
enters into a contract for such program, project, or activity.''
    1987--Pub. L. 100-180 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) 
and added subsec. (b).


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    For effective date and applicability of amendment by Pub. L. 103-
355, see section 10001 of Pub. L. 103-355, set out as a note under 
section 251 of Title 41, Public Contracts.
