14 USC § 1103 - Role of Vice Commandant in major acquisition programs

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s1103"
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title: "14 USC § 1103 - Role of Vice Commandant in major acquisition programs"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "1103"
section_name: "Role of Vice Commandant in major acquisition programs"
chapter_number: 11
chapter_name: "ACQUISITIONS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII, § 899(b)(1)(E), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2334, § 578; renumbered § 1103, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 108(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4208.)"
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# § 1103. Role of Vice Commandant in major acquisition programs

The Vice Commandant—

**(1)** shall represent the customer of a major acquisition program with regard to trade-offs made among cost, schedule, technical feasibility, and performance with respect to such program; and

**(2)** shall advise the Commandant in decisions regarding the balancing of resources against priorities, and associated trade-offs referred to in paragraph (1), on behalf of the customer of a major acquisition program.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII, § 899(b)(1)(E), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2334, § 578; renumbered § 1103, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 108(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4208.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.