2021—Pub. L. 116–283 renumbered section 2439 of this title as this section.

2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 867(4), substituted “, production, or sustainment” for “or production” in section catchline.

Pub. L. 115–232, § 867(1)–(3), inserted “, to the maximum extent practicable,” after “shall ensure” and substituted “production of a major weapon system, or sustainment of a major weapon system” for “or for the production of a major weapon system” and “, production, or sustainment” for “or production”.

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.

Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VIII, § 835(a)(3), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1471, provided that: “Section 2439 of title 10, United States Code [now 10 U.S.C. 4236], as added by paragraph (1), shall apply with respect to any contract for engineering and manufacturing development of a major weapon system, or for the production of a major weapon system, for which the contract solicitation is issued on or after the date occurring one year after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 12, 2017].”