SUBCHAPTER I-ACQUISITION AND CROSS-SERVICING AGREEMENTS

        

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2013- Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, §1076(g)(3), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1955 , struck out item 2349a "Annual report on non-NATO agreements".

1994- Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XIII, §1317(c)(2)(B), (i)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2900 , 2902, substituted "Waiver of applicability of certain laws" for "Law applicable to acquisition and cross-servicing agreements" in item 2343 and added item 2349a.

1993- Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title XIV, §1431(a)(2), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1833 , added item 2349.

1990- Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIII, §1331(3), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1673 , struck out item 2349 "Annual reports".

1989- Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title IX, §931(a)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1531 , added subchapter heading.

1986- Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XI, §1104(g), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3965 , substituted "elements of the armed forces deployed outside the United States" for "United States armed forces in Europe" in item 2341.

1985- Pub. L. 99–145, title XIII, §1304(a)(6), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 742 , renumbered items 2321 to 2328 as 2341 to 2348, respectively, and items 2330 and 2331 as 2349 and 2350, respectively, and struck out item 2329 "Regulations".

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Depot-Level Maintenance Coordination in Multinational Exercises

Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title III, §343, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 823 , provided that:

"(a) In General.-Each year, the Secretary of the Air Force shall incorporate in at least one multinational exercise conducted in the area of operations of the United States Indo-Pacific Command-

"(1) depot-level maintenance, repair, and sustainment considerations, including binational or multinational planning sessions with covered nations on-

"(A) identifying opportunities to cooperate on depot-level maintenance and repair in ways that minimize transportation requirements in such area of operations and determining the authorities necessary to deliver the necessary joint capabilities;

"(B) facilitating real-time coordination between the United States and covered nations to maintain munitions stock levels and resupply routes in the such area of operations;

"(C) mutual recognition of airworthiness and maintenance certification between the United States and covered nations; and

"(D) emergency tabletop exercises, such as when an aircraft of a covered nation breaks down on United States territory, and vice versa, in a contested logistics environment; and

"(2) coordination with the Air Force Sustainment Center, including the participation of representatives of-

"(A) the United States Indo-Pacific Command;

"(B) United States Air Force Pacific;

"(C) the United States Air Mobility Command; and

"(D) the Air Force Sustainment Center.

"(b) Report.-Not later than 180 days after the date on which the first exercise is completed in accordance with subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives] a report summarizing the lessons learned from carrying out such exercise. Such report shall include each of the following:

"(1) A list of candidate systems for co-sustainment with covered nations.

"(2) A list of depot-level repair workload opportunities to undertake with covered nations, including testing equipment or line replaceable units.

"(3) Opportunities to incorporate industry partners from covered nations in depot-level maintenance repair activities, including through public-private partnerships.

"(4) An identification of any potential logistical challenges that could arise with the host country, including with respect to workforce, housing, and location of workload.

"(5) An identification of any potential impediments involving intellectual property or data rights between original equipment manufacturers and the Department of the Air Force or between the Department of the Air Force and named partner countries.

"(6) An identification of any potential impediments related to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and related statutes.

"(7) Any additional recommendations to Congress that would ease the facilitation of depot-level maintenance repair partnerships with covered nations, including changes to existing status of forces agreements.

"(8) An analysis of current maintenance and repair capabilities and gaps in the organic industrial bases of covered nations.

"(9) An assessment of the types of maintenance and repair activities (depot-level, preventative, corrective) that may be most appropriate for partnership with covered nations.

"(c) Covered Nation Defined.-In this section, the term 'covered nation' means any of the following:

"(1) The Commonwealth of Australia.

"(2) Canada.

"(3) Japan.

"(4) New Zealand.

"(5) The Republic of Korea.

"(6) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

"(7) Any other nation designated a covered nation for the purposes of this section by the Secretary of the Air Force."