Research projects: transactions other than contracts and grants

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Title 10—ARMED FORCES > Subtitle A—General Military Law > PART V—ACQUISITION > Subpart E—Research and Engineering > CHAPTER 301—RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING GENERALLY > SUBCHAPTER II—AGREEMENTS

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The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of each military department may enter into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants) under the authority of this subsection in carrying out basic, applied, and advanced research projects. The authority under this subsection is in addition to the authority provided in section 4001 of this title to use contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants in carrying out such projects.

(Added Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title II, § 251(a)(1) , Nov. 29, 1989 , 103 Stat. 1403 , § 2371; amended Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, § 1484(k)(9) , Nov. 5, 1990 , 104 Stat. 1719 ; Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title VIII, § 826 , Dec. 5, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1442 ; Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title II, § 217 , Oct. 23, 1992 , 106 Stat. 2352 ; Pub. L. 103–35, title II, § 201(c)(4) , May 31, 1993 , 107 Stat. 98 ; Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VIII, § 827(b) , title XI, § 1182(a)(6), Nov. 30, 1993 , 107 Stat. 1712 , 1771; Pub. L. 103–355, title I, § 1301(b) , Oct. 13, 1994 , 108 Stat. 3285 ; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1502(a)(1) , Feb. 10, 1996 , 110 Stat. 502 ; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title II, § 267(a) –(c)(1)(A), title X, § 1073(e)(1)(B), Sept. 23, 1996 , 110 Stat. 2467 , 2468, 2658; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VIII, § 832 , Nov. 18, 1997 , 111 Stat. 1842 ; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title VIII, § 817 , Oct. 17, 1998 , 112 Stat. 2089 ; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1067(1) , Oct. 5, 1999 , 113 Stat. 774 ; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, § 1031(a)(19) , Nov. 24, 2003 , 117 Stat. 1597 ; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title X, § 1071(f)(20) , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3511 ; Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VIII, § 863 , Dec. 12, 2017 , 131 Stat. 1494 ; renumbered § 4021 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1841(b)(1) , (2)(B), Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 4243 ; Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title VIII, § 821(a) , title XVII, § 1701(u)(2)(B), (F)(i)(III), Dec. 27, 2021 , 135 Stat. 1825 , 2151; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title IX, § 913(a)(2) , Dec. 22, 2023 , 137 Stat. 367 .)

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