Title 31, Money and FinanceRelease 119-102
§1354 Limitation on Use of Appropriated Funds for Contracts with Entities Not Meeting Veterans’ Employment Reporting Requirements
Title 31 › SUBTITLE II — THE BUDGET PROCESS › CHAPTER 13 — APPROPRIATIONS › SUBCHAPTER III — LIMITATIONS, EXCEPTIONS, AND PENALTIES › § 1354
Summary
Federal agencies must not use money appropriated for the agency for a fiscal year to make a contract described in section 4212(a) of title 38 with a contractor that was required to file the report under section 4212(d) for the previous fiscal year but did not. The bar stops the day the contractor files that missing report. The Secretary of Labor must keep a database listing the contractors who have followed section 4212(d).
Full Legal Text
Title 31, §1354
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(a)(1)Subject to paragraph (2), no agency may obligate or expend funds appropriated for the agency for a fiscal year to enter into a contract described in section 4212(a) of title 38 with a contractor from which a report was required under section 4212(d) of that title with respect to the preceding fiscal year if such contractor did not submit such report.
(2)Paragraph (1) shall cease to apply with respect to a contractor otherwise covered by that paragraph on the date on which the contractor submits the report required by such section 4212(d) for the fiscal year concerned.
(b)The Secretary of Labor shall make available in a database a list of the contractors that have complied with the provisions of such section 4212(d).
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31 U.S.C. § 1354
Title 31, Money and Finance
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102