Us Code § 3781 - Technical data: contractor justification for restrictions; review of restrictions
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§ 3781. Technical data: contractor justification for restrictions; review of restrictions
(a)
(b)
(c)
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that there is a thorough review of the appropriateness of any use or release restriction asserted with respect to technical data by a contractor or subcontractor at any tier under a contract subject to this subchapter.
(2) The review of an asserted use or release restriction under paragraph (1) shall be conducted before the end of the three-year period beginning on the later of—
(A) the date on which final payment is made on the contract under which the technical data is required to be delivered; or
(B) the date on which the technical data is delivered under the contract.
(Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, §1833(g), (h), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4231.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
The text of subsecs. (a), (b), and (c) of section 2321 of this title, which were transferred to this section and amended by Pub. L. 116–283, §1833(h), was based on Pub. L. 100–26, §7(a)(5)(A)(ii), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 276.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 3781, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 218; Pub. L. 86–616, §2(a), July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 386, authorized Secretary of the Army to convene at any time a board of officers to review record of any commissioned officer on active list of Regular Army to determine whether he should be required, because of substandard performance of duty, to show cause for his retention on active list, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–513, title II, §213, title VII, §701, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2885, 2955, effective Sept. 15, 1981. See section 1181(a) of this title.
Amendments
2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283, §1833(h)(1), (2), transferred subsec. (a) of section 2321 of this title to this section and substituted "by Subchapter" for "by Section" in heading and "This subchapter" for "This section" in text.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283, §1833(h)(1), (3), transferred subsec. (b) of section 2321 of this title to this section and substituted "this subchapter" for "this section" and "(as defined in section 3786 of this title) asserted" for "(as defined in subsection (i)) asserted".
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–283, §1833(h)(1), (4)(A), (C), transferred subsec. (c) of section 2321 of this title to this section and realigned margins of pars. (1) and (2).
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 116–283, §1833(h)(4)(B), substituted "this subchapter" for "this section".
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section and amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as an Effective Date of 2021 Amendment note preceding section 3001 of this title.
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