[CHAPTER 431-REPEALED]

[88 4501, 4502. Repealed. P.L. 103-160, §822(a)(2), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1704.]

[§ 4503. Repealed. P.L. 103-160, §827(c), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1712.]

[§ 4504. Repealed. P.L. 103–160, § 822(c)(2), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1706.]

[§ 4505. Repealed. P.L. 103–160, §823(1), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1706.]

[§§ 4506 to 4508. Repealed. P.L. 103-160, §822(b)(3), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1705.]

CHAPTER 433-PROCUREMENT

Sec.
[4531.
4532.

Repealed.]

Factories and arsenals: manufacture at; abolition of. [4533 to 4535. Repealed.]

4536. Equipment: post bakeries, schools, kitchens, and mess halls. [4537 to 4539. Repealed.]

4540.

[4541. 4542.

4543.

Architectural and engineering services.

Repealed.]

Technical data packages for large-caliber cannon: prohibition on transfers to foreign countries; exception.

Army industrial facilities: sales of manufactured articles or services outside Department of Defense.

[§ 4531. Repealed. P.L. 103-160, §823(2), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1707]

§ 4532. Factories and arsenals: manufacture at; abolition of (a) The Secretary of the Army shall have supplies needed for the Department of the Army made in factories or arsenals owned by the United States, so far as those factories or arsenals can make those supplies on an economical basis.

(b) The Secretary may abolish any United States arsenal that he considers unnecessary.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 254.)

[§§ 4533 to 4535. Repealed. P.L. 103-160, § 823(3)-(5), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1707]

§ 4536. Equipment: post bakeries, schools, kitchens, and

mess halls

Money necessary for the following items for the use of enlisted members of the Army may be spent from appropriations for regular supplies:

(1) Equipment for post bakeries.

(2) Furniture, textbooks, paper, and equipment for post schools.

(3) Tableware and mess furniture for kitchens and mess

halls.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 254.)

[§§ 4537, 4538. Repealed. P.L. 103-160, § 823(6), (7), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1706]

[§ 4539. Repealed. P.L. 91-482, § 1(a), Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1082]

§ 4540. Architectural and engineering services

(a) Whenever he considers that it is advantageous to the national defense and that existing facilities of the Department of the Army are inadequate, the Secretary of the Army may, by contract

or otherwise, employ the architectural or engineering services of any person outside that Department for producing and delivering designs, plans, drawings, and specifications needed for any public works or utilities project of the Department.

(b) The fee for any service under this section may not be more than 6 percent of the estimated cost, as determined by the Secretary, of the project to which it applies.

(c) Sections 305, 3324, and 7204, chapter 51, and subchapters III, IV, and VI of chapter 53 of title 5 do not apply to employment under this section.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 255; Nov. 2, 1966, P.L. 89-718, § 28, 80 Stat. 1119; Oct. 13, 1978, P.L. 95-454, §703(c)(3), §801(a)(3)(I), 92 Stat. 1217, 1222; Dec. 12, 1980, P.L. 96–513, § 512(16), 94 Stat. 2930.)

[§ 4541. Repealed. P.L. 103–160, § 822(d)(2), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1706]

§ 4542. Technical data packages for large-caliber cannon: prohibition on transfers to foreign countries; exception

(a) GENERAL RULE.-Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense may not be used

(1) to transfer to a foreign country a technical data package for a defense item being manufactured or developed in an arsenal; or

(2) to assist a foreign country in producing such a defense

item.

(b) EXCEPTION.-The Secretary of the Army may use funds appropriated to the Department of Defense to transfer a technical data package, or to provide assistance, described in subsection (a) if

(1) the transfer or provision of assistance is to a friendly foreign country (as determined by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the Secretary of State);

(2) the Secretary of the Army determines that such ac

tion

(A) would have a clear benefit to the preservation of the production base for the production of cannon at the arsenal concerned; and

(B) would not transfer technology (including production techniques) considered unique to the arsenal concerned, except as provided in subsection (e); and

(3) the Secretary of Defense enters into an agreement with the country concerned described in subsection (c) or (d). (c) COPRODUCTION AGREEMENTS.-An agreement under this subsection shall be in the form of a Government-to-Government Memorandum of Understanding and shall include provisions that— (1) prescribe the content of the technical data package or assistance to be transferred to the foreign country participating in the agreement;

(2) require that production by the participating foreign country of the defense item to which the technical data package or assistance relates be shared with the arsenal concerned;

(3) subject to such exceptions as may be approved under subsection (f), prohibit transfer by the participating foreign country to a third party or country of

(A) any defense article, technical data package, technology, or assistance provided by the United States under the agreement; and

(B) any defense article produced by the participating foreign country under the agreement; and

(4) require the Secretary of Defense to monitor compliance with the agreement and the participating foreign country to report periodically to the Secretary of Defense concerning the agreement.

(d) COOPERATIVE PROJECT AGREEMENTS.—An agreement under this subsection is a cooperative project agreement under section 27 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2767) which includes provisions that

(1) for development phases describe the technical data to be transferred and for the production phase prescribe the content of the technical data package or assistance to be transferred to the foreign country participating in the agreement;

(2) require that at least the United States production of the defense item to which the technical data package or assistance relates be carried out by the arsenal concerned; and

(3) require the Secretary of Defense to monitor compliance with the agreement.

(e) LICENSING FEES AND ROYALTIES.-The limitation in subsection (b)(2)(B) shall not apply if the technology (or production technique) transferred is subject to nonexclusive license and payment of any negotiated licensing fee or royalty that reflects the cost of development, implementation, and prove-out of the technology or production technique. Any negotiated license fee or royalty shall be placed in the operating fund of the arsenal concerned for the purpose of capital investment and technology development at that arsenal.

(f) TRANSFERS TO THIRD PARTIES.-A transfer described in subsection (c)(3) may be made if

(1) the defense article, technical data package, or technology to be transferred is a product of a cooperative research and development program or a cooperative project in which the United States and the participating foreign country were part

ners; or

(2) the President

(A) complies with all requirements of section 3(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753(d)) with respect to such transfer; and

(B) certifies to Congress, before the transfer, that the transfer would provide a clear benefit to the production base of the United States for large-caliber cannon.

(g) NOTICE AND REPORTS TO CONGRESS. (1) The Secretary of the Army shall submit to Congress a notice of each agreement entered into under this section.

(2) The Secretary shall submit to Congress a semiannual report on the operation of this section and of agreements entered into under this section.

(h) ARSENAL DEFINED.-In this section, the term "arsenal" means a Government-owned, Government-operated defense plant that manufactures large-caliber cannon.

(Added by identical amendments P.L. 99-500, 99-591, 99-661, 101(c) [§ 9036(b)), § 101(c) [$9036(b)], 1203(a), Oct. 18, 1986, Oct. 30, 1986, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783-107, 3341-107, 3968, amended P.L. 101-189, $806, Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1489; P.L. 102-190, §1061(a)(24), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1473.)

§ 4543. Army industrial facilities: sales of manufactured articles or services outside Department of Defense

(a) AUTHORITY TO SELL OUTSIDE DOD.-Regulations under section 2208(h) of this title shall authorize a working-capital funded Army industrial facility (including a Department of the Army arsenal) that manufactures large caliber cannons, gun mounts, recoil mechanisms, ammunition, munitions, or components thereof to sell manufactured articles or services to a person outside the Department of Defense if

(1) in the case of an article, the article is sold to a United States manufacturer, assembler, developer, or other concern(A) for use in developing new products;

(B) for incorporation into items to be sold to, or to be used in a contract with, an agency of the United States; (C) for incorporation into items to be sold to, or to be used in a contract with, or to be used for purposes of soliciting a contract with, a friendly foreign government; or

(D) for use in commercial products;

(2) in the case of an article, the purchaser is determined by the Department of Defense to be qualified to carry out the proposed work involving the article to be purchased;

(3) the sale is to be made on a basis that does not interfere with performance of work by the facility for the Department of Defense or for a contractor of the Department of Defense;

(4) in the case of services, the services are related to an article authorized to be sold under this section and are to be performed in the United States for the purchaser;

(5) the Secretary of the Army determines that the articles or services are not available from a commercial source located in the United States;

(6) the purchaser of an article or service agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the United States, except in a case of willful misconduct or gross negligence, from any claim for damages or injury to any person or property arising out of the article or service;

(7) the article to be sold can be manufactured, or the service to be sold can be substantially performed, by the industrial facility with only incidental subcontracting;

(8) it is in the public interest to manufacture such article or perform such service; and

(9) the sale will not interfere with performance of the military mission of the industrial facility. (b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.-The regulations shall also

(1) require that the authority to sell articles or services under the regulations be exercised at the level of the commander of the major subordinate command of the Army with responsibility over the facility concerned;