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[CITE: 10USC2506]

 
                         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. 2506. Department of Defense technology and industrial base 
        policy guidance
        
    (a) Departmental Guidance.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
departmental guidance for the attainment of each of the national 
security objectives set forth in section 2501(a) of this title. Such 
guidance shall provide for technological and industrial capability 
considerations to be integrated into the budget allocation, weapons 
acquisition, and logistics support decision processes.
    (b) Report to Congress.--The Secretary of Defense shall report on 
the implementation of the departmental guidance in the annual report to 
Congress submitted pursuant to section 2504 of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 102-484, div. D, title XLII, Sec. 4216(a), Oct. 23, 1992, 
106 Stat. 2668; amended Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title VIII, 
Sec. 829(d), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2613.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2506 was renumbered section 2533 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-201 substituted ``Department of Defense technology 
and industrial base policy guidance'' for ``National technology and 
industrial base: periodic defense capability plan'' in section catchline 
and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text consisted of 
subsecs. (a) to (e) providing for the National Defense Technology and 
Industrial Base Council to prepare, at least annually through fiscal 
year 1997 and biennially thereafter, a multiyear plan for ensuring that 
the policies and programs of the Department of Defense, the Department 
of Energy, and other Federal departments and agencies were planned, 
coordinated, funded, and implemented in a manner designed to attain 
national security objectives.


 Implementing Regulations Concerning National Technology and Industrial 
                           Base Periodic Plan

    Section 4220 of Pub. L. 102-484 set forth requirements for the 
initial regulations prescribed to implement this section, prior to 
repeal by Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 829(h), Sept. 23, 
1996, 110 Stat. 2614.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2372, 2504 of this title; 
title 42 section 2123.
