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Title 14 — Coast GuardRelease 119-73

§1157 Extraordinary relief

Title 14 › Subtitle SUBTITLE I— - ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, DUTIES, AND ADMINISTRATION › Chapter CHAPTER 11— - ACQUISITIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - PROCUREMENT › § 1157

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a prime contractor gets extraordinary relief under the Act approved August 28, 1958 (Public Law 85–804; 50 U.S.C. 1432 et seq.) for a major acquisition, the Secretary cannot accept any more extraordinary-relief requests from that prime contractor for that same acquisition. That rule does not stop subcontractors from asking for relief. At least quarterly in any fiscal year when such relief is approved or provided for the acquisition of Offshore Patrol Cutters, the Commandant must send a detailed report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure describing the relief and the recipient’s compliance with required oversight measures.

Full Legal Text

Title 14, §1157

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(a)With respect to any prime contracting entity receiving extraordinary relief pursuant to the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the making, amendment, and modification of contracts to facilitate the national defense”, approved August 28, 1958 (Public Law 85–804; 50 U.S.C. 1432 et seq.) for a major acquisition, the Secretary shall not consider any further request by the prime contracting entity for extraordinary relief under such Act for such major acquisition.
(b)The limitation under subsection (a) shall not apply to subcontractors of a prime contracting entity.
(c)Not less frequently than quarterly during each fiscal year in which extraordinary relief is approved or provided to an entity under the Act referred to in subsection (a) for the acquisition of Offshore Patrol Cutters, the Commandant shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that describes in detail such relief and the compliance of the entity with the oversight measures required as a condition of receiving such relief.

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An Act to authorize the making, amendment, and modification of contracts to facilitate the national defense, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 85–804, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 972, which is classified generally to chapter 29 (§ 1431 et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

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14 U.S.C. § 1157

Title 14 — Coast Guard

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73