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10 U.S.C. 3222: Independent cost estimate required before approval

Created in 2021 by the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283). Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2024

    • Pub. L. 118–159, §806(b)(3)(B), which directed substitution of "authority that includes a cost estimate" for "authority that—" in introductory provisions, par. (1), and "(2) for the for the engineering and manufacturing development phase, or production and deployment phase, includes a … (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 118–159, §806(b)(3)(A), substituted "the engineering and manufacturing development phase, or production and deployment phase," for "a milestone phase" in introductory provisions. (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (a)

    2021

    • Pub. L. 116–283, §1812(c)(1), (2)(A), (D), redesignated subsec. (b) of section 2334 of this title as subsec. (a) of this section, substituted "Requirement" for "Independent Cost Estimate Required Before Approval" in heading, struck out par. (1) designation before "A milestone", and red… (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 116–283, §1812(c)(2)(B)–(D), redesignated subsec. (a)(2) as (b), inserted heading, substituted "section 3221 of this title" for "subsection (a)" in introductory provisions, and redesignated subpars. (A) and (B) as pars. (1) and (2), respectively. (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (b)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.