Availability of samples, drawings, information, equipment, materials, and certain services

10 U.S.C. § 4892

• Title: 10 — Armed Forces
• Chapter: SUBCHAPTER V—OTHER MATTERS

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(a) Authority.—The Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense and when determined by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary concerned to be in the interest of national defense, may each—
(1) sell, rent, lend, or give samples, drawings, and manufacturing or other information (subject to the rights of third parties) to any person or entity;
(2) sell, rent, or lend government equipment or materials to any person or entity—
(A) for use in independent research and development programs, subject to the condition that the equipment or material be used exclusively for such research and development; or
(B) for use in demonstrations to a friendly foreign government;
(3) make available to any person or entity, at an appropriate fee, the services of any government laboratory, center, range, or other testing facility for the testing of materials, equipment, models, computer software, and other items; and
(4) make available to any person or entity, through leases, contracts, or other appropriate arrangements, facilities, services, and equipment of any government laboratory, research center, or range, if the facilities, services, and equipment provided will not be in direct competition with the domestic private sector.
(b) Confidentiality of Test Results.—The results of tests performed with services made available under subsection (a)(3) are confidential and may not be disclosed outside the Federal Government without the consent of the persons for whom the tests are performed.
(c) Fees.—Fees made available under subsections (a)(3) and (a)(4) shall be established in the regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (a). Such fees may not exceed the amount necessary to recoup the direct and indirect costs involved, such as direct costs of utilities, contractor support, and salaries of personnel that are incurred by the United States to provide for the testing.
(d) Use of Fees.—Fees received under subsections (a)(3) and (a)(4) may be credited to the appropriations or other funds of the activity making such services available.

History

(Added Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VIII, §822(b)(1), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1705, §2541; renumbered §2539b, Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title X, §1070(a)(13)(A), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2856; amended Pub. L. 103–355, title III, §3022, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3333; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title VIII, §804, div. D, title XLIII, §4321(a)(8), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 390, 671; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, §1066(a)(23), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 771; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title II, §232, Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 46; renumbered §4892, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, §1870(f)(2), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4287.)

Editorial Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 renumbered section 2539b of this title as this section.
2008—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 110–181, §232(1), added par. (4).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–181, §232(2), struck out "for services" before "made available" and substituted "subsections (a)(3) and (a)(4)" for "subsection (a)(3)".
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–181, §232(3), struck out "for services made available" after "Fees received" and substituted "subsections (a)(3) and (a)(4)" for "subsection (a)(3)".
1999—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–65 substituted "Secretaries of the military departments" for "secretaries of the military departments".
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–106, §4321(a)(8), made technical correction to Pub. L. 103–355, §3022. See 1994 Amendment note below.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–106, §804, inserted "and indirect" after "recoup the direct".
1994—Pub. L. 103–337 renumbered section 2541 of this title as section 2539b.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–355, §3022, as amended by Pub. L. 104–106, §4321(a)(8), inserted "rent," after "sell," in par. (1) and ", rent," after "sell" in par. (2).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2021 Amendment
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.

Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Pub. L. 104–106, div. D, title XLIII, §4321(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 671, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective as of Oct. 13, 1994, and as if included in Pub. L. 103–355 as enacted.

Editorial Notes

Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, §1701(i)(10)(A), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2143, amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, §1871(a)(2), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4287, which added this analysis, by adding item for subchapter II.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Pilot Program for Streamlined Technology Transition From the SBIR and STTR Programs of the Department of Defense
Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XVII, §1710, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1810, authorized the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot program under which the Department was to award multiple award contracts to certain small business concerns for the purchase of technologies, supplies, or services that the small business concern had developed through the SBIR or STTR program, and provided that such pilot program would terminate on Sept. 30, 2023.

Mentor-Protege Pilot Program
Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title VIII, §831, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1607, as amended by Pub. L. 102–25, title VII, §704(c), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 119; Pub. L. 102–172, title VIII, §8064A, Nov. 26, 1991, 105 Stat. 1186; Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title VIII, §814(b), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1425; Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title VIII, §§801(h)(4), 807(b)(1), title X, §1054(d), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2445, 2448, 2503; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VIII, §813(b)(1), (c), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1703; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title VIII, §824, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 399; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title VIII, §802, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2604; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VIII, §821(a), title X, §1073(c)(6), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1840, 1904; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title VIII, §811(a)–(d)(1), (e), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 706, 707, 709; Pub. L. 106–398, §1 [[div. A], title VIII, §807], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–208; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title VIII, §812, Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1181; Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VIII, §§841(a), (b), 842, Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2018, 2019; Pub. L. 112–10, div. A, title VIII, §8016, Apr. 15, 2011, 125 Stat. 60; Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title VIII, §867, title X, §1062(n), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1526, 1586; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, §1076(a)(17), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1948; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title X, §1071(b)(16), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3508; Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title VIII, §861(a), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 921; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XVIII, §§1813(b), 1823, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2652, 2656; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XVII, §1701(a)(4)(A), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1796, as amended by Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title X, §1081(e)(1), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3874; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §812(a)(2)(C)(ii), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1846; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title VIII, §872(a)(1), (2), (b), (c), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1526; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, §1806(e)(3)(F), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4156, which established the Mentor-Protege Program, was transferred to subchapter I of this chapter and redesignated as section 4902 of this title by Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title VIII, §856(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2723.

Editorial Notes

Amendments
2022—Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title VIII, §856(c), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2726, added item 4902.