§ 3848. Defense audit agencies: Small Business Ombudsmen

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. 2013

   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013

   Pub. L. 112–239 div. A title XVI § 1612(a) · 126 Stat. 1632

   Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 3848

   Added Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XVI, § 1612(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2064, § 204

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XVI, § 1612(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2064, § 204

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Small Business Ombudsman.— Subchapter II of chapter 8 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 204. Small Business Ombudsman for defense audit agencies “(a) Small Business Ombudsman.— The Secretary of Defense shall designate within each defense audit agency an official as the Small Business Ombudsman to have the duties described in subsection (b) and such other responsibilities as may be determined by the Secretary. “(b) Duties.— The Small Business Ombudsman of a defense audit agency shall— “(1) advise the Director of the defense audit agency on policy issues related to small business concerns; “(2) serve as the defense audit agency’s primary point of contact and source of information for small business concerns; “(3) collect and monitor relevant data regarding the defense audit agency’s conduct of audits of small business concerns, including— “(A) data regarding the timeliness of audit closeouts for small business concerns; and “(B) data regarding the responsiveness of the defense audit agency to issues or other matters raised by small business concerns; and “(4) make recommendations to the Director regarding policies, processes, and procedures related to the timeliness of audits of small business concerns and the responsiveness of the defense audit agency to issues or other matters raised by small business concerns. “(c) Audit Independence.— The Small Business Ombudsman of a defense audit agency shall be segregated from ongoing audits in the field and shall not engage in activities with regard to particular audits that could compromise the independence of the defense audit agency or undermine compliance with applicable audit standards. “(d) Defense Audit Agency Defined.— In this section, the term ‘defense audit agency’ means the Defense Contract Audit Agency and the Defense Contract Management Agency.” .

2. 2021

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

   Pub. L. 116–283 div. A title XVIII § 1835(c) · 134 Stat. 3388

   Substituted · 10 U.S.C. § 3848

   Pub. L. 116–283 renumbered section 204 of this title as this section and substituted “Defense audit agencies: Small Business Ombudsmen” for “Small Business Ombudsman for defense audit agencies” in section catchline

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 116–283 renumbered section 204 of this title as this section and substituted “Defense audit agencies: Small Business Ombudsmen” for “Small Business Ombudsman for defense audit agencies” in section catchline.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) Transfer of Title 10 Sections.— Sections 2313b, 2410b, 2313a, and 204 of title 10, United States Code, are transferred to chapter 279 of such title, as added by subsection (a), inserted (in that order) after section 3841, as amended by subsection (b), and redesignated as sections 3842, 3845, 3847, and 3848, respectively.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

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