---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 4845"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "4845"
heading: "Armament retooling and manufacturing"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/4845"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part V — Acquisition"
  - "Subpart I — Defense Industrial Base"
  - "Chapter 384 — Manufacturing Technology"
---

# §4845. Armament retooling and manufacturing


The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of the Army is authorized by [chapter 764](/usc/10/chstB/ptIV/ch764.md) of this title to carry out [programs](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) for the support of armaments retooling and manufacturing in the national defense industrial and technology base.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title III, § 344(c)(1)(B)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–71, § 2522; amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1840; renumbered § 4845, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1869(d)(1), as added Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(p)(1)(A), (B), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2148.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 1869(d)(1), as added by Pub. L. 117–81, § 1701(p)(1)(A), (B), renumbered section 2522 of this title as this section.

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “chapter 764” for “chapter 434”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 117–81 applicable as if included in the enactment of title XVIII of Pub. L. 116–283 as enacted, see section 1701(a)(2) of Pub. L. 117–81, set out in a note preceding section 3001 of this title and note below.

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.

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.