Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§8670 Contracts for Nuclear Ships: Sales of Naval Shipyard Articles and Services to Private Shipyards
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART IV — GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 863 — NAVAL VESSELS › § 8670
Summary
Naval shipyards may sell requested parts or services to a private shipyard to help it meet a Defense Department contract for a nuclear ship, but they cannot build the ship, do most of the contract work, or supply items the private yard did not ask for.
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Title 10, §8670
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The conditions set forth in section 2208(j)(1)(B) of this title and subsections (a)(1) and (c)(1)(A) of section 2563 of this title shall not apply to a sale by a naval shipyard of articles or services to a private shipyard that is made at the request of the private shipyard in order to facilitate the private shipyard’s fulfillment of a Department of Defense contract with respect to a nuclear ship. This section does not authorize a naval shipyard to construct a nuclear ship for the private shipyard, to perform a majority of the work called for in a contract with a private entity, or to provide articles or services not requested by the private shipyard.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7300 of this title as this section. 2000—Pub. L. 106–398 substituted “section 2563” for “section 2553”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8670
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102