Cost-plus contracting prohibited for military construction and military family housing projects

10 U.S.C. § 3323

• Title: 10 — Armed Forces
• Chapter: 242 — SPECIFIC TYPES OF CONTRACTS

Text

(a) Prohibition.—A contract entered into by the United States in connection with a military construction project or a military family housing project may not use any form of cost-plus contracting.
(b) Applicability.—The prohibition specified in subsection (a)—
(1) is in addition to the prohibition specified in section 3322(a) of this title on the use of the cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost system of contracting; and
(2) applies notwithstanding a declaration of war or the declaration by the President of a national emergency under section 201 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1621) that includes the use of the armed forces.

History

(Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, §1817(a), (g), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4186, 4187; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVIII, §1801(a)(27), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 684.)

Editorial Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification
The text of subsec. (c) of section 2306 of this title, which was transferred to this section and amended by Pub. L. 116–283, §1817(g), was based on Pub. L. 112–81, div. B, title XXVIII, §2801(a), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1684.

Amendments
2023—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 118–31 struck out period after "notwithstanding".
2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283, §1817(g)(1), (2), redesignated subsec. (c) of section 2306 of this title as subsec. (a) of this section and inserted heading. Former second sentence of subsec. (a) designated subsec. (b).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283, §1817(g)(1), (3), designated second sentence of subsec. (a) as subsec. (b), inserted heading, and substituted "The prohibition specified in subsection (a)—
"(1) is in addition to the prohibition specified in section 3322(a) of this title on the use of the cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost system of contracting; and
"(2) applies notwithstanding. a declaration"
for "This prohibition is in addition to the prohibition specified in subsection (a) on the use of the cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost system of contracting and applies notwithstanding a declaration".

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date
Section and 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 an Effective Date of 2021 Amendment note preceding section 3001 of this title.