10 USC § 3068 - Inapplicability of certain laws

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title: "10 USC § 3068 - Inapplicability of certain laws"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "3068"
section_name: "Inapplicability of certain laws"
chapter_number: 203
chapter_name: "GENERAL MATTERS"
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, § 1807(e)(1)–(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4158, 4159; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(b)(2)(C), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2132.)"
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# § 3068. Inapplicability of certain laws

**(a)** **Laws Inapplicable to Agencies Named in Section 3063.—** Sections 6101 and 6304 of title 41 do not apply to the procurement or sale of property or services by the agencies named in section 3063 of this title.

**(b)** **Laws Inapplicable to Procurement of Automatic Data Processing Equipment and Services for Certain Defense Purposes.—** For purposes of subtitle III of title 40, the term “national security system”, with respect to a telecommunications and information system operated by the Department of Defense, has the meaning given that term by section 3552(b)(6) of title 44.

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**Source Credit**: (Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1807(e)(1)–(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4158, 4159; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(b)(2)(C), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2132.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

The text of , which was transferred to this section, designated as subsec. (a), and amended by , was based on , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , .

The text of , which was transferred to this section, designated as subsec. (b), and amended by , was based on , , ; amended , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , .

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3068 was renumbered .

Another prior section 3068, acts , ; , , , contained substantially the same provisions as section 7068, which formerly was numbered as section 3068, but placed the upper limit for the rank of officers of the Medical Service Corps at colonel, prior to repeal by .

### Amendments

2021—Subsec. (a). , as amended by , transferred text of  to this section, designated it as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and substituted “section 3063” for “section 2303”.

Subsec. (b). , as amended by , transferred text of  to this section, designated it as subsec. (b), and inserted heading.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable as if included in the enactment of title XVIII of  as enacted, see , set out in a note preceding  and Effective Date note below.

### 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 .