10 U.S.C. § 4604: Changes to certain documents

Summary

Contracts or agreements the Secretary of Defense makes must put a short note on every outside document they refer to. The note must say which version of the document applies to the contract and whether the document was changed after the solicitation (the request for offers) that led to the contract. If a referred document has no such note, the version that counts is the one that was in effect when the solicitation was issued.

Title 10, §4604

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(a)In General.—

Each document referred to in a contract or other agreement for procurement entered into by the Secretary of Defense shall include a notation that—

(1)provides the version of such document that is applicable to such contract or other agreement; and

(2)indicates whether any changes have been made to such document after the issuance of the solicitation pursuant to which such contract or other agreement was entered into.

(b)Unnotated Documents.—

With respect to a document referred to in a contract or other agreement described in subsection (a) that does not include the notation required under such subsection, the version of the document that shall apply with respect to such contract or other agreement is the version in effect at the time of the issuance of the solicitation pursuant to which such contract or other agreement was entered into.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Prior section 4621 and 4622 were renumbered section 7621 and 7622 of this title, respectively. A prior section 4623, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 258, provided that the Quartermaster Corps sell not more than 16 ounces of tobacco a month to an enlisted member of the Army on active duty who requests it, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 91–482, § 1(a), Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1082. Prior sections 4624 to 4629 were renumbered sections 7624 to 7629 of this title, respectively.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title VIII, § 802(b), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 940, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall apply with respect to a contract or other agreement entered into after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 18, 2025].”

§4604 Changes to Certain Documents