Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73
§2361 Sense of Congress concerning contracting policy
Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 40— - DEFENSE AGAINST WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - MISCELLANEOUS › § 2361
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Where permitted by law, the Secretaries of Defense, Energy, the Treasury, and State should directly hire suppliers in former Soviet states when doing so saves money and speeds subchapter III programs, and they should try new contracting methods to avoid delays.
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Title 50, §2361
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It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of State, to the extent authorized by law, should—
(1)contract directly with suppliers in independent states of the former Soviet Union when such action would—
(A)result in significant savings of the programs referred to in subchapter III; and
(B)substantially expedite completion of the programs referred to in subchapter III; and
(2)seek means to use innovative contracting approaches to avoid delay and increase the effectiveness of such programs and of the exercise of such authorities.
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50 U.S.C. § 2361
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73