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Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§995 Accountability for Contractors Using Military Working Dogs

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 50 — MISCELLANEOUS COMMAND RESPONSIBILITIES › § 995

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Contractors with contracts that involve military working dogs must send the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) a report each year for the life of the contract. The report must list how many military working dogs the contractor has that are located outside of the continental United States and supporting a military operation, and give the primary location of any such dogs. A covered contract is any contract the Secretary of Defense decides involves military working dogs.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §995

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Annual Reporting Requirement for Contractors.—
Each covered contract shall specify that the contractor is required to submit to the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), on an annual basis for the duration of the covered contract, a report containing an identification of— (1)
(2)the primary location of any such military working dogs.
(b)Covered Contract Defined.—
In this section the term “covered contract” means a contract that the Secretary of Defense determines involves military working dogs.

Legislative History

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Effective Date

Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title III, § 382(b), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2543, provided that: “Section 995 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to a contract entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 2022].” Deadline for Guidance Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title III, § 382(d), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2543, provided that: “Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 23, 2022], the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall issue the guidance on the annual reporting requirement under section 995 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).”

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 995

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110