10 USC § 3709 - Program to accelerate contracting and pricing processes

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s3709"
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title: "10 USC § 3709 - Program to accelerate contracting and pricing processes"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "3709"
section_name: "Program to accelerate contracting and pricing processes"
chapter_number: 271
chapter_name: "TRUTHFUL COST OR PRICING DATA (TRUTH IN NEGOTIATIONS)"
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. 119–60, div. A, title VIII, § 812(c), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 952.)"
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# § 3709. Program to accelerate contracting and pricing processes

**(a)** **In General.—** The Secretary of Defense shall establish a program to reform and accelerate the contracting and pricing processes associated with contracts in excess of $50,000,000 by—

**(1)** basing price reasonableness determinations on actual cost and pricing data for purchases of the same or similar products for the Department of Defense; and

**(2)** reducing the cost and pricing data to be submitted in accordance with this chapter.

**(b)** **Implementation Guidance.—** The Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall ensure that each senior contracting official (as defined in section 1737 of this title) for a contract described in subsection (a) has the discretion to implement the program under this section efficiently and effectively by ensuring the following:

**(1)** That the program does not include any preferences for contract type or specific contract requirements.

**(2)** That each Secretary of a military department has no unique reporting requirements to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment with respect to the program.

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**Source Credit**: (Added and amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title VIII, § 812(c), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 952.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is based on , , , as amended by , , ; , , ; , , ; , , , which was formerly set out as a note preceding  before being transferred to this chapter and renumbered as this section by , , .

### Amendments

2025—, (B), struck out “Pilot” before “program” in section catchline and “pilot” before “program” wherever appearing in text.

Subsec. (a)(2). , substituted “this chapter” for “chapter 271 of title 10, United States Code”.

Subsec. (b). , substituted “” for “, United States Code” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (b)(2). , substituted “no unique reporting” for “minimal reporting”.

Subsecs. (c), (d). , struck out subsecs. (c) and (d), which, respectively, required submission of report on pilot program and provided that pilot program would expire on .