10 USC § 3786 - Use or release restriction: definition

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title: "10 USC § 3786 - Use or release restriction: definition"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "3786"
section_name: "Use or release restriction: definition"
chapter_number: 275
chapter_name: "PROPRIETARY CONTRACTOR DATA AND RIGHTS IN TECHNICAL DATA"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "VALIDATION OF PROPRIETARY DATA RESTRICTIONS"
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, § 1833(g), (m), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4231, 4233.)"
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# § 3786. Use or release restriction: definition

In this subchapter, the term “use or release restriction”, with respect to technical data delivered to the United States under a contract subject to this section, means a restriction by the contractor or subcontractor on the right of the United States—

**(1)** to use such technical data; or

**(2)** to release or disclose such technical data to persons outside the Government or permit the use of such technical data by persons outside the Government.

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**Source Credit**: (Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1833(g), (m), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4231, 4233.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

### Prior Provisions

Prior sections 3786 and 3787 were repealed by , title VII, § 701, , , 2955, effective .

Section 3786, acts , ; , , , authorized Secretary of the Army, at any time during proceedings under this chapter and before removal of an officer from active list of Regular Army, to grant that officer’s request for voluntary retirement, if he is otherwise qualified therefor, or for honorable discharge with severance benefits. See .

Section 3787, added , , , provided that no officer serve on a board under this chapter unless he holds a regular or temporary grade above lieutenant colonel, and is senior in regular grade to, and outranks, any officer considered by board and that no person be a member of more than one board convened under this chapter for same officer. See .

### Amendments

2021—, transferred subsec. (j) of  to this section, struck out subsec. (j) designation and heading “Use or Release Restriction Defined” at beginning, and substituted “In this subchapter” for “In this section” in introductory provisions.

## 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 .