Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§8679a Contracting with Shipyards Controlled by a Foreign Adversary Country: Prohibition
Title 10 › Subtitle C — Navy and Marine Corps › PART IV — GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 863 — NAVAL VESSELS › § 8679a
Summary
The Secretary of Defense cannot sign a contract or agreement with a shipyard if the Secretary decides that the shipyard is owned, controlled, or influenced by a covered nation. "Covered nation" means the countries listed in section 4872(f) of this title.
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Title 10, §8679a
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The Secretary of Defense may not enter into any contract or other agreement with a shipyard determined by the Secretary of Defense to be under the ownership, control, or influence of a covered nation, as defined in section 4872(f) of this title.
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2025—Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “a covered nation, as defined in section 4872(f) of this title” for “a foreign adversary country (as defined in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code)” in text.
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10 U.S.C. § 8679a
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102