{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s3677","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3677.","heading":"Contracts for lease or use of vessels for a term of greater than two years but less than five years: prior notice to congressional committees","text":"\u00a7\u202f3677.\nContracts for lease or use of vessels for a term of greater than two years but less than five years: prior notice to congressional committees\nThe Secretary of a military department may make a contract for the lease of a vessel or for the provision of a service through use by a contractor of a vessel, the term of which is for a period of greater than two years, but less than five years, only if\u2014\n(1) the Secretary has notified the congressional defense committees of the proposed contract and included in such notification\u2014\n(A) a detailed description of the terms of the proposed contract and a justification for entering into the proposed contract rather than obtaining the capability provided for by the lease, charter, or services involved through purchase of the vessel;\n(B) a determination that entering into the proposed contract as a means of obtaining the vessel is the most cost-effective means of obtaining such vessel; and\n(C) a plan for meeting the requirement provided by the proposed contract upon completion of the term of the lease contract; and\n(2) a period of 60 days has expired following the date on which notice was received by such committees.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s3677.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3677","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3677."},{"t":"heading","text":"Contracts for lease or use of vessels for a term of greater than two years but less than five years: prior notice to congressional committees","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Secretary of a military department may make a contract for the lease of a vessel or for the provision of a service through use by a contractor of a vessel, the term of which is for a period of greater than two years, but less than five years, only if\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3677/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" the Secretary has notified the congressional defense committees of the proposed contract and included in such notification\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3677/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" a detailed description of the terms of the proposed contract and a justification for entering into the proposed contract rather than obtaining the capability provided for by the lease, charter, or services involved through purchase of the vessel;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3677/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" a determination that entering into the proposed contract as a means of obtaining the vessel is the most cost-effective means of obtaining such vessel; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3677/1/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" a plan for meeting the requirement provided by the proposed contract upon completion of the term of the lease contract; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3677/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" a period of 60 days has expired following the date on which notice was received by such committees.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}