---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 3709"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "3709"
heading: "Program to accelerate contracting and pricing processes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/3709"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part V — Acquisition"
  - "Subpart D — General Contracting Provisions"
  - "Chapter 271 — Truthful Cost or Pricing Data (truth in Negotiations)"
---

# §3709. Program to accelerate contracting and pricing processes

- (a) **In General.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense shall establish a [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) to reform and accelerate the contracting and pricing processes associated with contracts in excess of $50,000,000 by—
  - (1) basing price reasonableness determinations on actual cost and pricing data for purchases of the same or similar products for the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense; and
  - (2) reducing the cost and pricing data to be submitted in accordance with this chapter.
- (b) **Implementation Guidance.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3), acting through the Under [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall ensure that each [senior contracting official](/usc/10/1737.md?p=a-5) (as defined in [section 1737 of this title](/usc/10/1737.md)) for a contract described in [subsection (a)](#a) has the discretion to implement the [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) under this section efficiently and effectively by ensuring the following:
  - (1) That the [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) does not include any preferences for contract type or specific contract requirements.
  - (2) That each [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of a [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) has no unique reporting requirements to the Under [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment with respect to the [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1).

## Source credit

(Added and amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title VIII, § 812(c), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 952.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is based on Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 890, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1919, as amended by Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title VIII, § 825, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1491; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1831(j)(7), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4217; Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title VIII, § 818, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2708; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title VIII, § 841, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 339, which was formerly set out as a note preceding section 3701 of this title before being transferred to this chapter and renumbered as this section by Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title VIII, § 812(c)(1), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 952.

### Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60, § 812(c)(2)(A), (B), struck out “Pilot” before “program” in section catchline and “pilot” before “program” wherever appearing in text.

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 119–60, § 812(c)(2)(C), substituted “this chapter” for “chapter 271 of title 10, United States Code”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 119–60, § 812(c)(2)(D)(i), substituted “section 1737 of this title” for “section 1737 of title 10, United States Code” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 119–60, § 812(c)(2)(D)(ii), substituted “no unique reporting” for “minimal reporting”.

Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 119–60, § 812(c)(2)(E), struck out subsecs. (c) and (d), which, respectively, required submission of report on pilot program and provided that pilot program would expire on Jan. 2, 2028.