10 USC § 1765 - Competency development

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title: "10 USC § 1765 - Competency development"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1765"
section_name: "Competency development"
chapter_number: 87
chapter_name: "DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title VIII, § 861(i)(1), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1518.)"
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# § 1765. Competency development

For each acquisition workforce career field, the Secretary of Defense shall—

**(1)** establish, for the civilian personnel in that career field, defined proficiency standards and technical and nontechnical competencies which shall be used in personnel qualification assessments; and

**(2)** assign resources to accomplish such technical and nontechnical competencies.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title VIII, § 861(i)(1), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1518.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Deadline for Implementation

> “Not later than the end of the two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act [
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> , United States Code (as added by paragraph (1)).”

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