---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 U.S.C. § 1110"
title: "14"
title_heading: "Coast Guard"
number: "1110"
heading: "Elevation of disputes to the Chief Acquisition Officer"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/14/1110"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Establishment, Powers, Duties, and Administration"
  - "Chapter 11 — Acquisitions"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §1110. Elevation of disputes to the Chief Acquisition Officer


If, after 90 days following the elevation to the [Chief Acquisition Officer](/usc/14/1171.md?p=2) of any design or other dispute regarding level 1 or [level 2 acquisition](/usc/14/1171.md?p=5), the dispute remains unresolved, the Commandant shall provide to the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/14/1171.md?p=1) a detailed description of the issue and the rationale underlying the decision taken by the [Chief Acquisition Officer](/usc/14/1171.md?p=2) to resolve the issue.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8501(a)(5), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4745.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1110 was renumbered section 5110 of this title.