§843 Definitions.

Summary

Defines several key words used in the subtitle. Covered activities are five kinds of harmful actions: violence against U.S. or partner personnel; giving money, logistics, training, or intelligence to those violent actors; foreign spying against the United States or its partners; transnational organized crime or other criminal acts; and other actions that put U.S. or partner missions and forces at direct or indirect risk. Covered contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is any such agreement done outside the United States, including its territories. Covered person or entity is any foreign business or similar organization (including a foreign reporting company under section 5336(a)(11)(A)(ii) of title 31) that answers a covered solicitation or works on a covered contract, grant, or cooperative agreement. Definition 4 was repealed on December 23, 2024 (Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(e), 138 Stat. 2207). Covered procurement action is a head of contracting activity’s step to bar someone from award, end a contract for default, or void a contract in whole or in part. Covered solicitation is any Department of Defense request for work to be done outside the United States. Head of contracting activity has the meaning given in Federal Acquisition Regulation 1.601.