---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 U.S.C. § 1138"
title: "14"
title_heading: "Coast Guard"
number: "1138"
heading: "Service life extension programs"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/14/1138"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Establishment, Powers, Duties, and Administration"
  - "Chapter 11 — Acquisitions"
  - "Subchapter II — Improved Acquisition Process and Procedures"
---

# §1138. Service life extension programs

- (a) **In General.—** Requirements for a Level 1 or [Level 2 acquisition](/usc/14/1171.md?p=5) project or program under sections [1131](/usc/14/1131.md) through [1134](/usc/14/1134.md) shall not apply to an acquisition by the Coast Guard that is a service life extension program.
- (b) **Service Life Extension Program Defined.—** In this section, the term “service life extension program” means a capital investment that is solely intended to extend the service life and address obsolescence of components or systems of a particular capability or asset.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7212(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1693.)