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[CITE: 10USC2359]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                  CHAPTER 139--RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 2359. Science and technology programs to be conducted so as 
        to foster the transition of science and technology to higher 
        levels of research, development, test, and evaluation
        
    (a) Policy.--Each official specified in subsection (b) shall ensure 
that the management and conduct of the science and technology programs 
under the authority of that official are carried out in a manner that 
will foster the transition of science and technology to higher levels of 
research, development, test, and evaluation.
    (b) Covered Officials.--Subsection (a) applies to the following 
officials of the Department of Defense:
        (1) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, 
    and Logistics.
        (2) The Secretary of each military department.
        (3) The Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects 
    Agency.
        (4) The directors and heads of other offices and agencies of the 
    Department of Defense with assigned research, development, test, and 
    evaluation responsibilities.

(Added Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title IX, Sec. 904(a)(1)], 
Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-225.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2359, added Pub. L. 96-107, title VIII, 
Sec. 819(a)(1), Nov. 9, 1979, 93 Stat. 818, related to reports on 
salaries of officers of Federal contract research centers, prior to 
repeal by Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title XIII, Sec. 1322(a)(5), Nov. 5, 
1990, 104 Stat. 1671.
