---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2475"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2475"
heading: "Consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering of organizations, functions, or activities: notification requirements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2475"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 146 — Contracting for Performance of Civilian Commercial or Industrial Type Functions"
---

# §2475. Consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering of organizations, functions, or activities: notification requirements

- (a) **Strategic Sourcing Plan of Action Defined.—** In this section, the term “Strategic Sourcing Plan of Action” means a Strategic Sourcing Plan of Action for the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense (as identified in the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense Interim Guidance dated February 29, 2000, or any successor [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense guidance or directive) in effect for a fiscal year.
- (b) **Notification of Decision To Execute Plan.—** If a decision is made to consolidate, restructure, or reengineer an organization, [function](/usc/10/467.md?p=1), or activity of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense pursuant to a Strategic Sourcing Plan of Action described in [subsection (a)](#a), and such consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering would result in a manpower reduction affecting 50 or more personnel of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense (including [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) and civilian personnel)—
  - (1) the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report describing that decision, including—
    - (A) a projection of the savings that will be realized as a result of the consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering, compared with the cost incurred by the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense to perform the [function](/usc/10/467.md?p=1) or to operate the organization or activity prior to such proposed consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering;
    - (B) a description of all missions, duties, or [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) requirements that will be affected as a result of the decision to consolidate, restructure, or reengineer the organization, [function](/usc/10/467.md?p=1), or activity that was analyzed;
    - (C) the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3)’s certification that the consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering will not result in any diminution of [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) readiness;
    - (D) a schedule for performing the consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering; and
    - (E) the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3)’s certification that the entire analysis for the consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering is available for examination; and
  - (2) the head of the [Defense Agency](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-11) or the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) concerned may not implement the plan until 30 days after the date that the [agency](/usc/10/3451.md?p=3) head or [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) submits notification to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives of the intent to carry out such plan.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title III, § 353(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–72; amended Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title X, § 1051(a)(17), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1561.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2017—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–91 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) required the Secretary of Defense to submit the Strategic Sourcing Plan of Action to Congress annually.