Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§8679a Contracting with shipyards controlled by a foreign adversary country: prohibition
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Navy and Marine Corps › Part PART IV— - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter CHAPTER 863— - NAVAL VESSELS › § 8679a
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Title 10, §8679a
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The Secretary of Defense may not enter into any contract or other agreement with a shipyard determined by the Secretary of Defense to be under the ownership, control, or influence of a covered nation, as defined in section 4872(f) of this title.
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2025—Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “a covered nation, as defined in section 4872(f) of this title” for “a foreign adversary country (as defined in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code)” in text.
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10 U.S.C. § 8679a
Title 10 — Armed Forces
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73