Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§4752 Remission of Liquidated Damages
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART V — ACQUISITION › Subpart H — Contract Management › CHAPTER 367 — OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS › § 4752
Summary
Treasury Secretary can cancel all or part of fixed penalties for late contracts when the agency head asks.
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Title 10, §4752
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Upon the recommendation of the head of an agency, the Secretary of the Treasury may remit all or part, as he considers just and equitable, of any liquidated damages assessed for delay in performing a contract, made by that agency, that provides for such damages.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 231241:155.Feb. 19, 1948, ch. 65, § 6, 62 Stat. 24. The words “a contract, made by that agency, that provides for” are substituted for the words “any contract made on behalf of the Government by the agency head or by officers authorized by him so to do includes a provision”.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 renumbered section 2312 of this title as this section. 1996—Pub. L. 104–316 substituted “Secretary of the Treasury” for “Comptroller General”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2021 AmendmentAmendment 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 a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 4752
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102