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[CITE: 10USC2213]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                 CHAPTER 131--PLANNING AND COORDINATION
 
Sec. 2213. Limitation on acquisition of excess supplies

    (a) Two-Year Supply.--The Secretary of Defense may not incur any 
obligation against a stock fund of the Department of Defense for the 
acquisition of any item of supply if that acquisition is likely to 
result in an on-hand inventory (excluding war reserves) of that item of 
supply in excess of two years of operating stocks.
    (b) Exceptions.--The head of a procuring activity may authorize the 
acquisition of an item of supply in excess of the limitation contained 
in subsection (a) if that activity head determines in writing--
        (1) that the acquisition is necessary to achieve an economical 
    order quantity and will not result in an on-hand inventory 
    (excluding war reserves) in excess of three years of operating 
    stocks and that the need for the item is unlikely to decline during 
    the period for which the acquisition is made; or
        (2) that the acquisition is necessary for purposes of 
    maintaining the industrial base or for other reasons of national 
    security.

(Added Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title III, Sec. 317(a), Dec. 5, 1991, 
105 Stat. 1338.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2213 was renumbered section 2350c of this title.
