10 U.S.C. § 3457 (ARMED FORCES)
§ 3457. Treatment of certain products and services as commercial products and commercial services
(a) Goods and Services Provided by Nontraditional Defense Contractors.—
Notwithstanding section 3451(1) of this title, products and services provided by nontraditional defense contractors (as that term is defined in section 3014 of this title) may be treated by the head of an agency as commercial products and commercial services, respectively, for purposes of this chapter.
(b) Services Provided by Certain Nontraditional Contractors.—
Notwithstanding section 3451(1) of this title, services provided by a business unit that is a nontraditional defense contractor (as that term is defined in section 3014 of this title) shall be treated as commercial services for purposes of this chapter, to the extent that such services use the same pool of employees as used for commercial customers and are priced using methodology similar to methodology used for commercial pricing.
(c) Commingled Items Purchased by Contractors.—
Notwithstanding section 3451(1) of this title, items valued at less than $10,000 that are purchased by a contractor for use in the performance of multiple contracts with the Department of Defense and other parties and are not identifiable to any particular contract shall be treated as a commercial product for purposes of this chapter.
(Added Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title VIII, § 857(a), Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 921, § 2380A; renumbered § 2380a and amended Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII, § 878(a), (b)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2312; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 836(d)(6), (8)(F), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1868, 1869; renumbered § 3457 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1821(a)(2), (b)(6), (7)(A), (B), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4195, 4196.)
heading: Codification
text: Section 1821(a)(1), (2) of Pub. L. 116–260 transferred chapter 140 of this title (§§ 2375 to 2380b) to this chapter and renumbered all the sections within it, except for final section 2380b. At that point, the last two sections of this chapter were this section (renumbered from section 2380a) followed by section 2380b. Section 1821(b)(7)(A) subsequently struck out “the heading of the final section of” this chapter, which was executed by incorporating the text of former section 2380b at the end of this section. The text of section 2380b of this title was based on Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII, § 877(a), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2311; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 836(d)(7), (8)(G), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1868, 1869; Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title XVII, § 1731(a)(47), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1815.
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 3491 was renumbered section 7191 of this title.
Prior sections 3492 and 3493 were repealed by Pub. L. 90–235, § 1(a)(2), (b), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 753.
Section 3492, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 198, provided for extension of active service of Army members during war. See section 671a of this title.
Section 3493, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 198, empowered the President to order commissioned officers of the Army Reserve to active duty with the Corps of Engineers.
A prior section 3494, added Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(82)(A), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1481; amended Pub. L. 86–559, § 1(20), June 30, 1960, 74 Stat. 271, provided that a reserve commissioned officer who is ordered to active duty be ordered to that duty in his reserve grade unless the Secretary of the Army orders him to active duty, other than for training, in a higher temporary grade and authorized a reserve commissioned officer who is selected for participation in a program under which he will be ordered to active duty for at least one academic year at a civilian school or college to be ordered, upon his request, to that duty in a temporary grade that is lower than his reserve grade, without affecting his reserve grade, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 209(a), title VII, § 701, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2884, 2955, effective Sept. 15, 1981. See section 12320 of this title.
Prior sections 3495 to 3500 were repealed by Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §§ 1662(f)(2), 1691, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2994, 3026, effective Dec. 1, 1994.
Section 3495, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 198, provided that members of Army National Guard of United States were not in active Federal service except when ordered thereto under law. See section 12401 of this title.
Section 3496, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 198, authorized President to order commissioned officers of Army National Guard of United States to active duty in National Guard Bureau. See section 12402(a), (b)(1) of this title.
Section 3497, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 199, provided that members of Army National Guard of United States ordered to active duty were to be ordered to duty as Reserves of Army. See section 12403 of this title.
Section 3498, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 199, related to organization during initial mobilization of units of Army National Guard of United States ordered into active Federal service. See section 12404 of this title.
Section 3499, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 199, related to application of laws governing Army to members of Army National Guard called into Federal service. See section 12405 of this title.
Section 3500, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 199; Sept. 29, 1988, Pub. L. 100–456, div. A, title XII, § 1234(a)(1), (3), 102 Stat. 2059, authorized President to call Army National Guard units and members into Federal service. See section 12406 of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 1821(a)(2), renumbered section 2380a of this title as this section.
Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1821(b)(6), substituted “section 3451(1)” for “section 2376(1)” and “section 3014” for “section 2302(9)”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1821(b)(7)(A), (B), transferred section 2380b of this title to this section and struck out section designation and catchline, designated text as subsec. (c) and inserted heading, and substituted “Notwithstanding section 3451(1)” for “Notwithstanding section 2376(1)”. See Codification note above.
heading: Effective Date of 2021 Amendment
text: 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 a note preceding section 3001 of this title.