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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§3747 Contractor Certification

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART V — ACQUISITION › Subpart D — General Contracting Provisions › CHAPTER 273 — ALLOWABLE COSTS › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL › § 3747

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

When settling indirect costs on a covered contract, the contractor must include a company official’s certification that, to the best of their knowledge, the indirect costs are allowable. The certification must follow the form in the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The agency head or military Secretary may waive that requirement in an exceptional case if they decide it is in the interest of the United States, and they must put the reasons in writing and make the decision public.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §3747

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Content and Form.—
A proposal for settlement of indirect costs applicable to a covered contract shall include a certification by an official of the contractor that, to the best of the certifying official’s knowledge and belief, all indirect costs included in the proposal are allowable. Any such certification shall be in a form prescribed in the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
(b)Waiver.—
The head of the agency or the Secretary of the military department concerned may, in an exceptional case, waive the requirement for certification under subsection (a) in the case of any contract if the head of the agency or the Secretary—
(1)determines in such case that it would be in the interest of the United States to waive such certification; and
(2)states in writing the reasons for that determination and makes such determination available to the public.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification The text of subsec. (h) of section 2324 of this title, which was transferred to this section and amended by Pub. L. 116–283, § 1832(f), was based on Pub. L. 99–145, title IX, § 911(a)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 684; Pub. L. 99–190, § 101(b) [title VIII, § 8112(a)(2)], Dec. 19, 1985, 99 Stat. 1185, 1223; Pub. L. 103–355, title II, § 2101(a)(8), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3308; Pub. L. 104–106, div. D, title XLIII, § 4321(b)(9)(B), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 672.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 3746 was renumbered section 7276 of this title.

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 1832(f)(1)(A), transferred subsec. (h) of section 2324 of this title to this section and struck out subsec. (h) designation and heading “Contractor Certification Required” at beginning. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1832(f)(1)(B), (2), redesignated par. (1) of section 2324(h) of this title as subsec. (a) of this section and inserted heading. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1832(f)(1)(B), (3), redesignated par. (2) of section 2324(h) of this title as subsec. (b) of this section, inserted heading, substituted “subsection (a)” for “paragraph (1)” in introductory provisions, and redesignated subpars. (A) and (B) as pars. (1) and (2), respectively.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section and amendment 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 an

Effective Date

of 2021 Amendment note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 3747

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110