### Question
How is the "small arms production industrial base" defined?


### Answer
The term **small arms production industrial base** is defined in *10 U.S.C. § 2473* as follows -

> the firms comprising the small arms production industrial base, as described in the plan entitled “Preservation of Critical Elements of the Small Arms Industrial Base”, dated January 8, 1994, that was prepared by an independent assessment panel of the Army Science Board

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 2473*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART IV-SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT > CHAPTER 146-CONTRACTING FOR PERFORMANCE OF CIVILIAN COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL TYPE FUNCTIONS**

