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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 145— CATALOGING AND STANDARDIZATION · § 2452

§ 2452. Duties of Secretary of Defense

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The Secretary of Defense shall—
(1)develop and maintain the supply catalog, and the standardization program, described in section 2451 of this title;
(2)direct and coordinate progressive use of the supply catalog in all supply functions within the Department of Defense from the determination of requirements through final disposal;
(3)direct, review, and approve—
(A)the naming, description, and pattern of description of all items;
(B)the screening, consolidation, classification, and numbering of descriptions of all items; and
(C)the publication and distribution of the supply catalog;
(4)maintain liaison with industry advisory groups to coordinate the development of the supply catalog and the standardization program with the best practices of industry and to obtain the fullest practicable cooperation and participation of industry in developing the supply catalog and the standardization program;
(5)establish, publish, review, and revise, within the Department of Defense, military specifications, standards, and lists of qualified products, and resolve differences between the military departments, bureaus, and services with respect to them;
(6)assign responsibility for parts of the cataloging and the standardization programs to the military departments, bureaus, and services within the Department of Defense, when practical and consistent with their capacity and interest in those supplies;
(7)establish time schedules for assignments made under clause (6); and
(8)make final decisions in all matters concerned with the cataloging and standardization programs.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 139.)
In clause (1), the word “establish” is omitted as surplusage.
In clause (2), the words “provided for herein” and “its departments, bureaus, and services” are omitted as surplusage.
In clauses
(2)and (3), the words “provide for” are omitted as surplusage.
In clause (4), the words “establish and” and “established by sections 173–173i of this title” are omitted as surplusage.
In clause (5), the words “amend” and “promulgate” are omitted as surplusage.
In clause (6), the words “established by sections 173–173i of this title” are omitted as surplusage.
Clause
(7)is substituted for 5:173c(f) (last 11 words).
In clause (8), the word “programs” is substituted for the words “authority established in sections 173–173i of this title”. The words “subject to review and modification by the Secretary of Defense” are omitted as surplusage.
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  • Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
  • 70A Stat. 139
  • Pub. L. 98–94, title XII, § 1215
  • 97 Stat. 688
  • Pub. L. 98–525, title XII, § 1244
  • 98 Stat. 2609
  • Pub. L. 103–35, title II, § 204(b)
  • 107 Stat. 102
  • Pub. L. 98–94, title XII, § 1216
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§ 2452
Duties of Secretary of Defense
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ActAug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
Stat.70A Stat. 139
Pub. L.Pub. L. 98–94, title XII, § 1215
Stat.97 Stat. 688
Pub. L.Pub. L. 98–525, title XII, § 1244
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