10 USC § 4236 - Negotiation of price for technical data before development, production, or sustainment of major weapon systems

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title: "10 USC § 4236 - Negotiation of price for technical data before development, production, or sustainment of major weapon systems"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "4236"
section_name: "Negotiation of price for technical data before development, production, or sustainment of major weapon systems"
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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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VIII, § 835(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1471, § 2439; amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 867, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1901; renumbered § 4236, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1847(c)(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4254.)"
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# § 4236. Negotiation of price for technical data before development, production, or sustainment of major weapon systems

The Secretary of Defense shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the Department of Defense, before selecting a contractor for the engineering and manufacturing development of a major weapon system, production of a major weapon system, or sustainment of a major weapon system, negotiates a price for technical data to be delivered under a contract for such development, production, or sustainment.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VIII, § 835(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1471, § 2439; amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 867, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1901; renumbered § 4236, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1847(c)(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4254.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— renumbered  as this section.

2018—, substituted “, production, or sustainment” for “or production” in section catchline.

–(3), inserted “, to the maximum extent practicable,” after “shall ensure” and substituted “production of a major weapon system, or sustainment of a major weapon system” for “or for the production of a major weapon system” and “, production, or sustainment” for “or production”.

## 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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