Title 41Public ContractsRelease 119-73

§1822 DEFINITIONS.

Title 41 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Federal Procurement Policy › Chapter CHAPTER 39— - SPECIFIC TYPES OF CONTRACTS › § 1822

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Requires the Federal Acquisition Security Council to keep a list in the System for Award Management (SAM) of "covered foreign entities." The list includes entities on the Consolidated Screening List; entities under extrajudicial direction by a foreign government as the Secretary of Homeland Security decides; entities the Secretary of Homeland Security, together with the Attorney General, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Secretary of Defense, finds to be a national security risk; entities based in or controlled by the People’s Republic of China or its Communist Party; and any subsidiaries or affiliates of those entities. The term "covered unmanned aircraft system" means the same as "unmanned aircraft system" in 49 U.S.C. 44801. The words "intelligence" and "intelligence community" use the meanings in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).

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Title 41, §1822

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“In this subtitle:
“(1)The term ‘covered foreign entity’ means an entity included on a list developed and maintained by the Federal Acquisition Security Council and published in the System for Award Management (SAM). This list will include entities in the following categories:
“(A)An entity included on the Consolidated Screening List.
“(B)Any entity that is subject to extrajudicial direction from a foreign government, as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
“(C)Any entity the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Attorney General, Director of National Intelligence, and the Secretary of Defense, determines poses a national security risk.
“(D)Any entity domiciled in the People’s Republic of China or subject to influence or control by the Government of the People’s Republic of China or the Communist Party of the People’s Republic of China, as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
“(E)Any subsidiary or affiliate of an entity described in subparagraphs (A) through (D).
“(2)The term ‘covered unmanned aircraft system’ has the meaning given the term ‘unmanned aircraft system’ in section 44801 of title 49, United States Code.
“(3)The terms ‘intelligence’ and ‘intelligence community’ have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).

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41 U.S.C. § 1822

Title 41Public Contracts

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73