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§4653 Prohibition on use of funds to relieve economic dislocations

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

DoD must not use any money it gets to pay extra amounts on its contracts to try to fix economic problems.

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Title 10, §4653

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(a)In order to help avoid the uneconomic use of Department of Defense funds in the procurement of goods and services, the Congress finds that it is necessary to prohibit the use of such funds for certain purposes.
(b)No funds appropriated to or for the use of the Department of Defense may be used to pay, in connection with any contract awarded by the Department of Defense, a price differential for the purpose of relieving economic dislocations.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 4653 was renumbered section 7653 of this title.

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 renumbered section 2392 of this title as this section.

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Effective Date

of 2021 AmendmentAmendment 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.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 4653

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73