10 USC § 3551 - Multiyear procurement authority: purchase of dinitrogen tetroxide, hydrazine, and hydrazine-related products

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title: "10 USC § 3551 - Multiyear procurement authority: purchase of dinitrogen tetroxide, hydrazine, and hydrazine-related products"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "3551"
section_name: "Multiyear procurement authority: purchase of dinitrogen tetroxide, hydrazine, and hydrazine-related products"
chapter_number: 249
chapter_name: "MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "OTHER AUTHORITIES RELATING TO MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS"
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 Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title VIII, § 826(a), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2617, § 2410o; renumbered § 3551, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1822(e)(2), formerly § 1822(t)(2), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4205, renumbered Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(k)(4), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2144.)"
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# § 3551. Multiyear procurement authority: purchase of dinitrogen tetroxide, hydrazine, and hydrazine-related products

**(a)** **Ten-Year Contract Period.—** The Secretary of Defense may enter into a contract for a period of up to 10 years for the purchase of dinitrogen tetroxide, hydrazine, and hydrazine-related products for the support of a United States national security program or a United States space program.

**(b)** **Extensions.—** A contract entered into for more than one year under the authority of subsection (a) may be extended for a total of not more than 10 years pursuant to any option or options set forth in the contract.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title VIII, § 826(a), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2617, § 2410*o*; renumbered § 3551, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1822(e)(2), formerly § 1822(t)(2), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4205, renumbered Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(k)(4), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2144.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— renumbered section 2410 of this title as this section.

## 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 note below.

Amendment by  effective , with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see , set out as a note preceding .