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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part V · Chapter 203 — General Matters

§ 3068. Inapplicability of certain laws

Statutory text

(a)

Laws Inapplicable to Agencies Named in Section 3063.—

Sections 6101 and 6304 of title 41 do not apply to the procurement or sale of property or services by the agencies named in section 3063 of this title.

(b)

Laws Inapplicable to Procurement of Automatic Data Processing Equipment and Services for Certain Defense Purposes.—

For purposes of subtitle III of title 40, the term “national security system”, with respect to a telecommunications and information system operated by the Department of Defense, has the meaning given that term by section 3552(b)(6) of title 44.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

    Pub. L. 116–283 div. A title XVIII § 1807(e)(1) · 134 Stat. 3388

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 3068

    Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1807(e)(1)–(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4158, 4159

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1807(e)(1)–(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4158, 4159

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) New section.— Chapter 203 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 3067, as designated by subsection (d), the following new section: “§ 3068. Inapplicability of certain laws” .

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 117–81 applicable as if included in the enactment of title XVIII of Pub. L. 116–283 as enacted, see section 1701(a)(2) of Pub. L. 117–81, set out in a note preceding section 3001 of this title and Effective Date note below.

  2. William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

    Pub. L. 116–283 § 1807(e)(2) · 134 Stat. 3388

    1. Amended · 10 U.S.C. § 3068(a)

      Pub. L. 116–283, § 1807(e)(2), as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, § 1701(b)(2)(C)(i), transferred text of section 2314 of this title to this section

    2. Amended · 10 U.S.C. § 3068(a)

      Pub. L. 116–283, § 1807(e)(2), as designated it as subsec. (a)

    3. Inserted · 10 U.S.C. § 3068(a)

      Pub. L. 116–283, § 1807(e)(2), as inserted heading

    4. Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 3068(a)

      Pub. L. 116–283, § 1807(e)(2), as substituted “section 3063” for “section 2303”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1807(e)(2), as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, § 1701(b)(2)(C)(i), transferred text of section 2314 of this title to this section, designated it as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and substituted “section 3063” for “section 2303”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Transfer of section 2314.— The text of section 2314 of such title is transferred to section 3068, as added by paragraph (1), inserted after the section heading, designated as subsection (a), and amended— (A) by inserting “Laws Inapplicable to Agencies Named in Section 3063.—” before “Sections”; and (B) by striking “section 2303” and inserting “section 3063 of this title”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 117–81 applicable as if included in the enactment of title XVIII of Pub. L. 116–283 as enacted, see section 1701(a)(2) of Pub. L. 117–81, set out in a note preceding section 3001 of this title and Effective Date note below.

  3. William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

    Pub. L. 116–283 § 1807(e)(3) · 134 Stat. 3388

    1. Amended · 10 U.S.C. § 3068(b)

      Pub. L. 116–283, § 1807(e)(3), as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, § 1701(b)(2)(C)(ii), transferred text of section 2315 of this title to this section

    2. Amended · 10 U.S.C. § 3068(b)

      Pub. L. 116–283, § 1807(e)(3), as designated it as subsec. (b)

    3. Inserted · 10 U.S.C. § 3068(b)

      Pub. L. 116–283, § 1807(e)(3), as inserted heading

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1807(e)(3), as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, § 1701(b)(2)(C)(ii), transferred text of section 2315 of this title to this section, designated it as subsec. (b), and inserted heading.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) Transfer of section 2315.— The text of section 2315 of such title is transferred to section 3068, as added by paragraph (1), inserted after subsection (a), as transferred and designated by paragraph (2), designated as subsection (b), and amended by inserting “Laws Inapplicable to Procurement of Automatic Data Processing Equipment and Services for Certain Defense Purposes.—” before “Sections”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 117–81 applicable as if included in the enactment of title XVIII of Pub. L. 116–283 as enacted, see section 1701(a)(2) of Pub. L. 117–81, set out in a note preceding section 3001 of this title and Effective Date note below.

8 of 8 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification
Prior Provisions

A prior section 3068 was renumbered section 7068 of this title.

Another prior section 3068, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 168; , Pub. L. 87–649, § 6(a)(1), 76 Stat. 494, contained substantially the same provisions as section 7068, which formerly was numbered as section 3068, but placed the upper limit for the rank of officers of the Medical Service Corps at colonel, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 89–603.

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1807(e)(2), as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, § 1701(b)(2)(C)(i), transferred text of section 2314 of this title to this section, designated it as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and substituted “section 3063” for “section 2303”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1807(e)(3), as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, § 1701(b)(2)(C)(ii), transferred text of section 2315 of this title to this section, designated it as subsec. (b), and inserted heading.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 117–81 applicable as if included in the enactment of title XVIII of Pub. L. 116–283 as enacted, see section 1701(a)(2) of Pub. L. 117–81, set out in a note preceding section 3001 of this title and Effective Date note below.

Effective Date

Section and amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective , with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as an Effective Date of 2021 Amendment note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Credits

2021 · 2 acts
  1. 2021Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1807(e)(1)–(3), , 134 Stat. 4158, 4159
  2. 2021Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(b)(2)(C), , 135 Stat. 2132.
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(Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1807(e)(1)–(3), , 134 Stat. 4158, 4159; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(b)(2)(C), , 135 Stat. 2132.)

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