10 USC § 3224 - Director: participation, concurrence, and approval in cost estimation

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title: "10 USC § 3224 - Director: participation, concurrence, and approval in cost estimation"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "3224"
section_name: "Director: participation, concurrence, and approval in cost estimation"
chapter_number: 222
chapter_name: "INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATION AND COST ANALYSIS"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "ACQUISITION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1812(a), (e), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4174, 4175.)"
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# § 3224. Director: participation, concurrence, and approval in cost estimation

The Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation may—

**(1)** participate in the discussion of any discrepancies between an independent cost estimate and the cost estimate of a military department or Defense Agency for a major defense acquisition program or major subprogram of the Department of Defense;

**(2)** comment on deficiencies in the methodology or execution of any cost estimate or cost analysis developed by a military department or Defense Agency for a major defense acquisition program or major subprogram;

**(3)** concur in the choice of a cost estimate within the baseline description or any other cost estimate (including the discussion of risk for any such cost estimate) for use at any event specified in section 3221(b)(6) of this title; and

**(4)** participate in the consideration of any decision to request authorization of a multiyear procurement contract for a major defense acquisition program or major subprogram.

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**Source Credit**: (Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1812(a), (e), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4174, 4175.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

The text of subsec. (d) of , which was transferred to this section and amended by , was based on , , ; , (5), (b)(3), (4), , .

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3224, , , related to authorized strength of Army National Guard of United States, prior to repeal by , §§ 1662(a)(3), 1691, , , 3026, effective . See .

### Amendments

2021—, (2)(A), transferred subsec. (d) of  to this section and struck out subsec. (d) designation and heading “Participation, Concurrence, and Approval in Cost Estimation” at beginning.

Par. (3). , substituted “” for “subsection (a)(6)”.

## 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 .