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10 USC § 4232 - Prohibition on use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection process 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s4232"
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title: "10 USC § 4232 - Prohibition on use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection process"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "4232"
section_name: "Prohibition on use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection process"
chapter_number: 322
chapter_name: "MAJOR SYSTEMS AND MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACTING"
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. 115–91, div. A, title VIII, § 832(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1468, § 2442; renumbered § 4232 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1847(c)(2), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4254.)"
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# § 4232. Prohibition on use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection process

**(a)** **In General.—** The Department of Defense shall not use a lowest price technically acceptable source selection process for the engineering and manufacturing development contract of a major defense acquisition program.

**(b)** **Definitions.—** In this section:

**(1)** **Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process.—** The term “lowest price technically acceptable source selection process” has the meaning given that term in part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

**(2)** **Engineering and manufacturing development contract.—** The term “engineering and manufacturing development contract” means a prime contract for the engineering and manufacturing development of a major defense acquisition program.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VIII, § 832(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1468, § 2442; renumbered § 4232 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1847(c)(2), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4254.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— renumbered  as this section and, in subsec. (b), redesignated par. (3) as (2) and struck out former par. (2) which defined “major defense acquisition program”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

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

### Effective Date

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