CHAPTER 145 —CATALOGING AND STANDARDIZATION
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1990—
1982—
§2451. Defense supply management
(a) The Secretary of Defense shall develop a single catalog system and related program of standardizing supplies for the Department of Defense.
(b) In cataloging, the Secretary shall name, describe, classify, and number each item recurrently used, bought, stocked, or distributed by the Department of Defense, so that only one distinctive combination of letters or numerals, or both, identifies the same item throughout the Department of Defense. Only one identification may be used for each item for all supply functions from purchase to final disposal in the field or other area. The catalog may consist of a number of volumes, sections, or supplements. It shall include all items of supply and, for each item, information needed for supply operations, such as descriptive and performance data, size, weight, cubage, packaging and packing data, a standard quantitative unit of measurement, and other related data that the Secretary determines to be desirable.
(c) In standardizing supplies the Secretary shall, to the highest degree practicable—
(1) standardize items used throughout the Department of Defense by developing and using single specifications, eliminating overlapping and duplicate specifications, and reducing the number of sizes and kinds of items that are generally similar;
(2) standardize the methods of packing, packaging, and preserving such items; and
(3) make efficient use of the services and facilities for inspecting, testing, and accepting such items.
(d) The Secretary shall coordinate with the Administrator of General Services to enable the use of commercial identifiers for commercial products (as defined in
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041,
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 2451(a) 2451(b) 2451(c) |
5:173. 5:173b(a). 5:173b(b). |
July 1, 1952, ch. 539, §§2, 4, |
In subsection (a), the words "for the Department of Defense" are inserted for clarity. 5:173 (1st sentence) is omitted as impliedly repealed by section 2 of 1953 Reorganization Plan No. 6, effective June 30, 1953,
In subsection (b), the words "or any of the departments thereof", "in such manner", "original", and "necessary or" are omitted as surplusage. The words "throughout the Department of Defense" are substituted for the words "either within a bureau or service, between bureaus or services, or between the departments". The word "recurrently" is substituted for the word "repetitively". The words "Only one identification may" are substituted for the words "The single item identification shall".
In subsection (c), the words "the most" are omitted as surplusage. The words "to the highest degree practicable" are substituted for the words "achieve the highest practicable degree possible" and "The greatest practicable degree of standardization * * * shall be achieved".
1958 Act
The change makes clear that clauses (2) and (3) apply to all items, whether or not standardized, used throughout the Department of Defense.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Subsec. (d).
2003—Subsec. (d).
1958—Subsec. (c).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
Amendment by
Effective Date of 1958 Amendment
Amendment of section by
Defense-Wide Electronic Mall System for Supply Purchases
"(a)
"(b)
"(2) The Defense Logistics Agency, under the direction of the Joint Electronic Commerce Program Office, shall be responsible for maintaining the defense-wide electronic mall system developed under paragraph (1).
"(c)
"(1) overseeing the elimination of duplication and overlap among Department of Defense electronic catalogs; and
"(2) ensuring that such catalogs utilize technologies and formats compliant with the requirements of subsection (b).
"(d)
"(1) an inventory of all existing and planned electronic mall systems in the Department of Defense; and
"(2) a schedule for ensuring that each such system is compliant with the requirements of subsection (b)."
Standardization and Interoperability of NATO Weapons
§2452. Duties of Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of Defense shall—
(1) develop and maintain the supply catalog, and the standardization program, described in
(2) direct and coordinate progressive use of the supply catalog in all supply functions within the Department of Defense from the determination of requirements through final disposal;
(3) direct, review, and approve—
(A) the naming, description, and pattern of description of all items;
(B) the screening, consolidation, classification, and numbering of descriptions of all items; and
(C) the publication and distribution of the supply catalog;
(4) maintain liaison with industry advisory groups to coordinate the development of the supply catalog and the standardization program with the best practices of industry and to obtain the fullest practicable cooperation and participation of industry in developing the supply catalog and the standardization program;
(5) establish, publish, review, and revise, within the Department of Defense, military specifications, standards, and lists of qualified products, and resolve differences between the military departments, bureaus, and services with respect to them;
(6) assign responsibility for parts of the cataloging and the standardization programs to the military departments, bureaus, and services within the Department of Defense, when practical and consistent with their capacity and interest in those supplies;
(7) establish time schedules for assignments made under clause (6); and
(8) make final decisions in all matters concerned with the cataloging and standardization programs.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041,
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 2452 | 5:173c. | July 1, 1952, ch. 539, §5, |
In clause (1), the word "establish" is omitted as surplusage.
In clause (2), the words "provided for herein" and "its departments, bureaus, and services" are omitted as surplusage.
In clauses (2) and (3), the words "provide for" are omitted as surplusage.
In clause (4), the words "establish and" and "established by
In clause (5), the words "amend" and "promulgate" are omitted as surplusage.
In clause (6), the words "established by
Clause (7) is substituted for 5:173c(f) (last 11 words).
In clause (8), the word "programs" is substituted for the words "authority established in
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Regulations Relating to Increases in Prices for Spare Parts and Replacement Equipment
"(a) Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 24, 1983], the Secretary of Defense shall issue regulations which—
"(1) except as provided in clause (2), prohibit the purchase of any spare part or replacement equipment when the price of such part or equipment, since a time in the past specified by the Secretary (in terms of days or months) or since the most recent purchase of such part or equipment by the Department of Defense, has increased in price by a percentage in excess of a percentage threshold specified by the Secretary in such regulations, and
"(2) permit the purchase of such spare part or equipment (notwithstanding the prohibition contained in clause (1)) if the contracting officer for such part or equipment certifies in writing to the head of the procuring activity before the purchase is made that—
"(A) such officer has evaluated the price of such part or equipment and concluded that the increase in the price of such part or equipment is fair and reasonable, or
"(B) the national security interests of the United States require that such part or equipment be purchased despite the increase in price of such part or equipment.
"(b)(1) The Secretary shall publish the regulations issued under this section in the Federal Register.
"(2) The Secretary may provide in such regulations for the waiver of the prohibition in subsection (a)(1) and compliance with the requirements of subsection (a)(2) in the case of a purchase of any spare part or replacement equipment made or to be made through competitive procedures.
"(c) Not less than 30 days before the Secretary publishes such regulations in accordance with subsection (b), the Secretary shall submit the text of the proposed regulations to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives."
Report on Management of Acquisition of Spare Parts
§2453. Supply catalog: distribution and use
The Secretary of Defense shall distribute the parts of the supply catalog described in
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041,
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 2453 | 5:173d. | July 1, 1952, ch. 539, §6, |
The words "and ready for use" and "all departments, bureaus, and services" are omitted as surplusage. The words "After replacement" are substituted for the word "Thereafter". The words "with respect to the kinds of items covered by that part" are inserted for clarity.
§2454. Supply catalog: new or obsolete items
(a) After any part of the supply catalog described in
(b) Obsolete items may be deleted from the catalog at any time.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041,
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 2454(a) 2454(b) |
5:173e (less last 5 words of 1st proviso). 5:173e (last 5 words of 1st proviso). |
July 1, 1952, ch. 539, §7, |
In subsection (a), the words "After any part * * * is distributed" are substituted for the words "Following the publication and promulgation * * * or portions thereof". The words "and with respect to the kinds of items covered by that part" are inserted for clarity. The word "recurrent" is substituted for the word "repetitive". The words "the departments, bureaus, and services of" are omitted as surplusage. The second sentence of the revised subsection is substituted for 5:173e (1st proviso, less last 5 words; and 2d proviso).
In subsection (b), the words "at any time" are inserted for clarity.
[§2455. Repealed. Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIII, §1322(a)(9), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1671 ]
Section, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041,
§2456. Coordination with General Services Administration
To avoid unnecessary duplication, the Administrator of General Services and the Secretary of Defense shall coordinate the cataloging and standardization activities of the General Services Administration and the Department of Defense.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041,
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 2456 | 5:173i. | July 1, 1952, ch. 539, §11, |
§2457. Standardization of equipment with North Atlantic Treaty Organization members
(a) It is the policy of the United States to standardize equipment, including weapons systems, ammunition, and fuel, procured for the use of the armed forces of the United States stationed in Europe under the North Atlantic Treaty or at least to make that equipment interoperable with equipment of other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. To carry out this policy, the Secretary of Defense shall—
(1) assess the costs and possible loss of nonnuclear combat effectiveness of the military forces of the members of the Organization caused by the failure of the members to standardize equipment;
(2) maintain a list of actions to be taken, including an evaluation of the priority and effect of the action, to standardize equipment that may improve the overall nonnuclear defense capability of the Organization or save resources for the Organization; and
(3) initiate and carry out, to the maximum extent feasible, procurement procedures to acquire standardized or interoperable equipment, considering the cost, function, quality, and availability of the equipment.
(b) Progress in realizing the objectives of standardization and interoperability would be enhanced by expanded inter-Allied procurement of arms and equipment within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Expanded inter-Allied procurement would be made easier by greater reliance on licensing and coproduction cooperative agreements among the signatories of the North Atlantic Treaty. If constructed to preserve the efficiencies associated with economies of scale, the agreements could minimize potential economic hardship to parties to the agreements and increase the survivability, in time of war, of the North Atlantic Alliance's armaments production base by dispersing manufacturing facilities. In conjunction with other members of the Organization and to the maximum extent feasible, the Secretary shall—
(1) identify areas in which those cooperative agreements may be made with members of the Alliance; and
(2) negotiate those agreements.
(c)(1) It is the sense of Congress that weapons systems being developed wholly or primarily for employment in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization theater should conform to a common Organization requirement in order to proceed toward joint doctrine and planning and to facilitate maximum feasible standardization and interoperability of equipment, and that a common Organization requirement should be understood to include a common definition of the military threat to the members of the Organization.
(2) It is further the sense of Congress that standardization of weapons and equipment within the Organization on the basis of a "two-way street" concept of cooperation in defense procurement between Europe and North America can only work in a realistic sense if the European nations operate on a united and collective basis. Therefore, the governments of Europe are encouraged to accelerate their present efforts to achieve European armaments collaboration among all European members of the Organization.
[(d) Repealed.
(e) If the Secretary decides that procurement of equipment manufactured outside the United States is necessary to carry out the policy of subsection (a), the Secretary may determine under
(f) The Secretary shall submit the results of each assessment and evaluation made under subsection (a)(1) and (2) to the appropriate North Atlantic Treaty Organization body to become an integral part of the overall Organization review of force goals and development of force plans.
(Added
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 2457(a) | 10:2451 (note). | Aug. 5, 1974, |
| Oct. 7, 1975, |
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| 2457(b) | 10:2451 (note). | July 14, 1976, |
| 2457(c) | 10:2451 (note). | July 14, 1976, |
| 2457(d) (words before (1)), (1) (related to (a)(1) and (2)) | 10:2451 (note). | Aug. 5, 1974, |
| 2457(d)(1) (related to (a)(3)) | 10:2451 (note). | July 14, 1976, |
| 2457(d)(2) | 10:2451 (note). | Oct. 7, 1975, |
| 2457(d)(3) | 10:2451 (note). | Oct. 7, 1975, |
| 2457(d) (4)–(6) | 10:2451 (note). | July 14, 1976, |
| 2457(d)(7), (8) | 10:2451 (note). | Aug. 5, 1974, |
| 2457(e) | 10:2451 (note). | Oct. 7, 1975, |
| 2457(f) | 10:2451 (note). | Aug. 5, 1974, |
In the introductory matter of subsection (a), before clause (1), the word "equipment" is substituted for "impedimenta" in section 302(c) of the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1975 (
In subsection (a)(1), the word "undertake" is omitted as surplus. The word "members" is substituted for "countries" for consistency. The words "including the United States" are omitted as unnecessary.
In subsection (a)(2), the words "The Secretary of Defense shall also" are omitted as unnecessary. The word "maintain" is substituted for "develop" because it is more appropriate.
In subsection (a)(3), the words "of other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization whenever such equipment is to be used by personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in Europe under the terms of the North Atlantic Treaty" are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement. The words "Such procedures shall also take into . . . to be procured" are omitted as unnecessary. The text of section 814(a)(1) (4th, last sentences) is omitted as executed.
In subsection (b), the words "It is the sense of the Congress", "It is further the sense of Congress", "It is the Congress' considered judgment", "properly", "Accordingly", and "pursuant to these ends" are omitted as unnecessary.
In subsection (c)(1), the word "should" is substituted for "shall" for clarity.
In subsection (d)(1), the word "members" is substituted for "allies" for consistency. The words "The Secretary of Defense shall include in the report to the Congress required by section 302(c) of
In subsection (d)(2), the words "The report required under section 302(c) of
In subsection (d)(3), the words "he shall report that fact to the Congress in the annual report required under section 302(c) of
In subsection (d)(4), the words "The Secretary of Defense shall, in the reports required by section 302(c) of
In subsection (d)(5), the words "if none exist" are substituted for "In the absence of such common requirements" to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "the Secretary shall include a discussion of the" are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement.
In subsection (d)(6), the words "The Secretary of Defense shall also report on" are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement.
In subsection (d)(7), the words "those programs" are substituted for "all such existing and planned programs" and "all such programs" to eliminate unnecessary words.
In subsection (f), the words "The Secretary shall submit the results of these . . . to Congress" are omitted as unnecessary because of the source provisions restated in subsection (d)(1). The word "submit" is substituted for "cause to be brought" to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "in order that the suggested actions and recommendations can" are omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2011—Subsec. (e).
2003—Subsec. (d).
1996—Subsec. (e).
1990—Subsec. (d).
§2458. Inventory management policies
(a)
(1) establish maximum levels for inventory items sufficient to achieve and maintain only those levels for inventory items necessary for the national defense;
(2) provide guidance to item managers and other appropriate officials on how effectively to eliminate wasteful practices in the acquisition and management of inventory items; and
(3) set forth a uniform system for the valuation of inventory items by the military departments and Defense Agencies.
(b)
(Added
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1991—Subsec. (a)(3).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Implementation of 1991 Amendment
Secretary of Defense to establish uniform system of valuation described in subsec. (a)(3) of this section not later than 180 days after Dec. 5, 1991, see section 347(c) of
Management of Conventional Ammunition Inventory
"(a)
"(b)
Improvement of Inventory Management Practices
Report on Inventory and Control of Military Equipment
Best Commercial Inventory Practices for Management of Secondary Supply Items
Inventory Management of In-Transit Items
Inventory Management
Direct Vendor Delivery System for Consumable Inventory Items of Department of Defense
"(a)
"(b)
"(1) Food and clothing.
"(2) Medical and pharmaceutical supplies.
"(3) Automotive, electrical, fuel, and construction supplies.
"(4) Other consumable inventory items the Secretary considers appropriate."