Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§4957 Subcontractor Information

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART V — ACQUISITION › Subpart I — Defense Industrial Base › CHAPTER 388 — PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM › § 4957

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must require defense contractors to give certain information to eligible organizations that have a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense when those organizations ask. The contractor must provide a list of employees who handle or sign subcontracts, with each person’s name, business address, phone number, and their area of responsibility. A contractor only has to provide this to the same organization once a year. "Defense contractor" means anyone who gets a Department of Defense contract worth more than $1,000,000 in that year.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §4957

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(a)Contractors to Provide Information.—
The Secretary of Defense shall require that any defense contractor in any year shall provide to an eligible entity with which the Secretary has entered into a cooperative agreement under this chapter, on the request of such entity, the information specified in subsection (b).
(b)Information to Be Provided.—
Information to be provided under subsection (a) is a listing of the name of each appropriate employee of the contractor who has responsibilities with respect to entering into contracts on behalf of such contractor that constitute subcontracts of contracts being performed by such contractor, together with the business address and telephone number and area of responsibility of each such employee.
(c)Frequency.—
A defense contractor need not provide information under this section to a particular eligible entity more frequently than once a year.
(d)Definition.—
In this section, the term “defense contractor”, for any year, means a person awarded a contract with the Department of Defense in that year for an amount in excess of $1,000,000.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(m)(2)(F), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2145, amended Pub. L. 116–283, § 1872(a)(10), which had originally transferred section 2419 of this title to this section. After amendment by Pub. L. 117–81, section 1872(a)(10) of Pub. L. 116–283 instead transferred section 2419 to section 4959 of this title. Pub. L. 99–591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99–500. Pub. L. 99–500, Pub. L. 99–591, and Pub. L. 99–661 added identical sections.

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 1872(a)(8), as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, § 1701(b)(24), (m)(2)(D), renumbered section 2416 of this title as this section and inserted headings in subsecs. (a) to (d). 2004—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–375 substituted “$1,000,000” for “$500,000”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2021 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 117–81 applicable as if included in the enactment of title XVIII of Pub. L. 116–283 as enacted, see section 1701(a)(2) of Pub. L. 117–81, set out in a note preceding section 3001 of this title and note below. 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 a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Effective Date

Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(c) [title X, § 957(b)], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–82, 1783–175, Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(c) [title X, § 957(b)], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–82, 3341–175, and Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title IX, formerly title IV, § 957(b), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3955, renumbered title IX, Pub. L. 100–26, § 3(5), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 273, provided that: “Section 2416 of title 10, United States Code [now 10 U.S.C. 4957], as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on January 1, 1987.”

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 4957

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

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