10-U.S.C.-1746
§1746 – Defense Acquisition University
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Title 10 > Subtitle A > Part II > Chapter 87 > Subchapter IV > Section 1746
Details
- Reference: Section 1746
- Legend: §1746 – Defense Acquisition University
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) Defense Acquisition University Structure.—The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, shall establish and maintain a defense acquisition university structure to provide for—
(1) the professional educational development and training of the acquisition workforce; and
(2) research and analysis of defense acquisition policy issues from an academic perspective.
(b) Civilian Faculty Members.—(1) The Secretary of Defense may employ as many civilians as professors, instructors, and lecturers in the defense acquisition university structure as the Secretary considers necessary.
(2) The compensation of persons employed under this subsection shall be as prescribed by the Secretary.
(3) In this subsection, the term defense acquisition university includes the Defense Systems Management College.
(c) Curriculum Development.—The President of the Defense Acquisition University shall work with the relevant professional schools and degree-granting institutions of the Department of Defense and military departments to ensure that best practices are used in curriculum development to support acquisition workforce positions.
(Added Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XII, §1202(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1653; amended Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title IX, §904(d)(1), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1728; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, §1503(a)(16), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 512; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title X, §1048(b)(2), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1225; Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title VIII, §877(c)(1), (2)(A), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4306.)
Amendments
2011—Pub. L. 111–383, §877(c)(2)(A), substituted Defense Acquisition University for Defense acquisition university structure in section catchline.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–383, §877(c)(1), added subsec. (c).
2001—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–107 substituted Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics for Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology in introductory provisions.
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–106 struck out (1) before The Secretary of Defense and redesignated subpars. (A) and (B) as pars. (1) and (2), respectively.
1993—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103–160 substituted Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology for Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition.
Effective Date
Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XII, §1209(h)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1667, provided that: Subsection (b) of section 1746 of title 10, United States Code (as added by section 1202), shall take effect with respect to the Defense Systems Management College on the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 5, 1990].
Establishment of Initial Defense Acquisition University Structure
Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XII, §1205, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1658, as amended by Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, §1073(d)(4)(A), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1905, provided that, not later than Oct. 1, 1991, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, was to prescribe regulations for the initial structure for a defense acquisition university under this section and to prescribe and submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives an implementation plan, including a charter, for the university structure, and not later than Aug. 1, 1992, the Secretary was to carry out the implementation plan.
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