10 USC § 3676 - Guidelines

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s3676"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 3676 - Guidelines"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "3676"
section_name: "Guidelines"
chapter_number: 257
chapter_name: "CONTRACTS FOR LONG-TERM LEASE OR CHARTER OF VESSELS, AIRCRAFT, AND COMBAT VEHICLES"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "ACQUISITION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1825(a), (h), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4206, 4208.)"
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# § 3676. Guidelines

The Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly issue guidelines for determining under what circumstances the Department of Defense may use lease or charter arrangements for aircraft, naval vessels, and combat vehicles rather than directly procuring such aircraft, vessels, and combat vehicles.

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**Source Credit**: (Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1825(a), (h), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4206, 4208.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

### Amendments

2021—, transferred subsec. (g) of  to this section and struck out subsec. (g) designation at beginning.

## 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 .