10 U.S.C. § 4062
Defense Acquisition Challenge Program
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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The Under Secretary shall establish procedures for the prompt issuance of a solicitation for challenge proposals addressing—
Under procedures established by the Under Secretary, a Panel shall carry out a preliminary evaluation of each challenge proposal submitted in response to a broad agency announcement, or submitted through the unsolicited proposal process and identified as a challenge proposal in accordance with paragraph (2), to determine each of the following:
The Under Secretary—
The full review and evaluation shall, independent of the determination of a Panel under subsection (c)(5), determine each of the matters specified in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of such subsection. The full review and evaluation shall also include—
Under procedures prescribed by the Under Secretary, if a challenge proposal is determined by a Panel to satisfy each of the criteria specified in subsection (c)(5), but is not determined under a full review and evaluation to satisfy such criteria, the following provisions apply:
In this section, the term “system”—
means—
For purposes of this subsection, a qualifying proposal is an offer to supply a nondevelopmental item that—
In this subsection:
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003House: 359–58Senate: no recorded tally
- John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007House: 398–23Senate: no recorded tally
- Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009
- Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011House: 341–48Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
- William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022House: 363–70Senate: no recorded tally