227.7100  Scope of subpart.

This subpart-

(a)  Prescribes policies and procedures for the acquisition of technical data and the rights to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose technical data. It implements requirements in the following laws and Executive Order:

(1)  10 U.S.C. 2302(4).

(2)   10 U.S.C. 2305 (subsection (d)(4)).

(3)   10 U.S.C. 2320.

(4)   10 U.S.C. 2321.

(5)   10 U.S.C. 2325.

(6)   10 U.S.C. 7317.

(7)   17 U.S.C. 1301 , et seq.

(8)  Pub. L. 103-355.

(9)  Executive Order 12591 (Subsection 1(b)(6)).

(b)  Does not apply to computer software or technical data that is computer software documentation (see Subpart 227.72).

(c)  The Government's rights in a vessel design, and in any useful article embodying a vessel design, must be consistent with the Government's rights in technical data pertaining to the design ( 10 U.S.C. 7317;  17 U.S.C. 1301(a)(3)).