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[CITE: 10USC2503]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
 CHAPTER 148--NATIONAL DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE, DEFENSE 
                  REINVESTMENT, AND DEFENSE CONVERSION
 
                  SUBCHAPTER II--POLICIES AND PLANNING
 
Sec. 2503. National defense program for analysis of the 
        technology and industrial base
        
    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
program for analysis of the national technology and industrial base.
    (b) Supervision of Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry 
out the program through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics. In carrying out the program, the Under 
Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of 
Commerce, and the Secretary of Labor.
    (c) Functions.--The functions of the program shall include, with 
respect to the national technology and industrial base, the following:
        (1) The assembly of timely and authoritative information.
        (2) Initiation of studies and analyses.
        (3) Provision of technical support and assistance to--
            (A) the Secretary of Defense for the preparation of the 
        periodic assessments required by section 2505 of this title;
            (B) the defense acquisition university structure and its 
        elements; and
            (C) other departments and agencies of the Federal Government 
        in accordance with guidance established by the Council.

        (4) Dissemination, through the National Technical Information 
    Service of the Department of Commerce, of unclassified information 
    and assessments for further dissemination within the Federal 
    Government and to the private sector.

(Added Pub. L. 102-484, div. D, title XLII, Sec. 4213(a), Oct. 23, 1992, 
106 Stat. 2665; amended Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title IX, Sec. 904(f), 
Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1729; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title VIII, 
Sec. 829(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2612; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, 
title IX, Sec. 911(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 717.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2503, added Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title VIII, 
Sec. 821(b)(1)(B), Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2016; amended Pub. L. 101-
189, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 842(a), (b), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 
1514, 1515; Pub. L. 102-25, title VII, Sec. 701(f)(4), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 
Stat. 115; Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title X, Sec. 1052(32), Oct. 23, 
1992, 106 Stat. 2501, established defense industrial base office, prior 
to repeal by Pub. L. 102-484, Sec. 4202(a).


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics'' for ``Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology''.
    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 829(b)(1), substituted 
``The Secretary of Defense'' for ``(1) The Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the National Defense Technology and Industrial Base 
Council,'' and struck out pars. (2) to (4) which read as follows:
    ``(2) As determined by the Secretary of Defense, the program shall 
be administered by one of the following:
        ``(A) An existing federally funded research and development 
    center.
        ``(B) A consortium of existing federally funded research and 
    development centers and other nonprofit entities.
        ``(C) A private sector entity (other than a federally funded 
    research and development center).
        ``(D) The National Defense University.
    ``(3) A contract may be awarded under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) 
of paragraph (2) only through the use of competitive procedures.
    ``(4) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that there is 
appropriate coordination between the program and the Critical 
Technologies Institute.''
    Subsec. (c)(3)(A). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 829(b)(2), substituted 
``the Secretary of Defense for'' for ``the National Defense Technology 
and Industrial Base Council in'' and struck out ``and the periodic plans 
required by section 2506 of this title'' after ``section 2505 of this 
title''.
    1993--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-160 substituted ``Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Technology'' for ``Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition''.


                    Deadline for Establishing Program

    Section 4213(b) of Pub. L. 102-484 provided that: ``The Secretary of 
Defense shall establish the program required by section 2503 of title 
10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later than six 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 23, 1992]. The 
Secretary of Defense shall ensure that a contract solicitation is issued 
and a contract is awarded in a timely manner to facilitate the 
establishment of that program within the period set forth in the 
preceding sentence. The preceding sentence shall not apply if the 
Secretary determines that the program shall be administered by the 
National Defense University.''
