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Title 10 — Armed Forces

Part V · Chapter 363 — Prohibition and Penalties

§ 4653. Prohibition on use of funds to relieve economic dislocations

Statutory text

(a)

In order to help avoid the uneconomic use of Department of Defense funds in the procurement of goods and services, the Congress finds that it is necessary to prohibit the use of such funds for certain purposes.

(b)

No funds appropriated to or for the use of the Department of Defense may be used to pay, in connection with any contract awarded by the Department of Defense, a price differential for the purpose of relieving economic dislocations.

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. Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982

    Pub. L. 97–86 title IX § 913(a)(1) · 95 Stat. 1099

    Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 4653

    Added Pub. L. 97–86, title IX, § 913(a)(1), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1123, § 2392

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 97–86, title IX, § 913(a)(1), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1123, § 2392

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Chapter 141 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 2391 (as added by section 912) the following new section: “§ 2392. Prohibition on use of funds to relieve economic dislocations “(a) In order to help avoid the uneconomic use of Department of Defense funds in the procurement of goods and services, the Congress finds that it is necessary to prohibit the use of such funds for certain purposes. “(b) No funds appropriated to or for the use of the Department of Defense may be used to pay, in connection with any contract awarded by the Department of Defense, a price differential for the purpose of relieving economic dislocations.”.

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

    Pub. L. 116–283 div. A title XVIII § 1862(b) · 134 Stat. 3388

    Changed · 10 U.S.C. § 4653

    Pub. L. 116–283 renumbered section 2392 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 116–283 renumbered section 2392 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Transfer and Redesignation of Title 10 Sections.— The sections of title 10, United States Code, specified in the left-hand column of the following table are transferred to chapter 363 of such title, as amended by subsection (a), inserted (in the order shown in the following table) after the table of sections at the beginning of such chapter, and redesignated in accordance with the section numbers in the right-hand column, as follows: SectionRedesignated Section 22074651 22494652 23924653 23934654 24024655 24084656 23394657 2410f4658 2410i4659 23354660

    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.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 4653 was renumbered section 7653 of this title.

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 renumbered section 2392 of this title as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

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 a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Credits

1981–2021 · 2 acts
  1. 1981Added Pub. L. 97–86, title IX, § 913(a)(1), , 95 Stat. 1123, § 2392
  2. 2021renumbered § 4653, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1862(b), , 134 Stat. 4277.
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(Added Pub. L. 97–86, title IX, § 913(a)(1), , 95 Stat. 1123, § 2392; renumbered § 4653, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1862(b), , 134 Stat. 4277.)

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