10 USC § 3013 - Technical data

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title: "10 USC § 3013 - Technical data"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "3013"
section_name: "Technical data"
chapter_number: 201
chapter_name: "DEFINITIONS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO PROCUREMENT GENERALLY"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "ACQUISITION"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1806(b)(1), (4), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4153.)"
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# § 3013. Technical data

In any chapter 137 legacy provision, the term “technical data” means recorded information (regardless of the form or method of the recording) of a scientific or technical nature (including computer software documentation) relating to supplies procured by an agency. Such term does not include computer software or financial, administrative, cost or pricing, or management data or other information incidental to contract administration.

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**Source Credit**: (Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1806(b)(1), (4), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4153.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

The text of par. (4) of , which was transferred to this section and amended by , was based on , , ; , , .

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3013 was renumbered .

Another prior section 3013, acts , , § 3012; , , ; , , ; , , §§ 305(2), 306(j)(1), , 431; , , ; renumbered § 3013, , , , related to Secretary of the Army, powers and duties, and delegations, prior to repeal by .

Another prior section 3013 was renumbered  and subsequently repealed.

### Amendments

2021—, transferred par. (4) of  to this section, realigned margin, struck out par. (4) designation at beginning, and substituted “In any chapter 137 legacy provision, the term” for “The term”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section and amendment by  effective , with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see , set out as an Effective Date of 2021 Amendment note preceding .