Notes on 41 U.S.C. § 52 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 41 U.S.C. § 52 : US Code - Notes

(Mar. 8, 1946, ch. 80, Sec. 2, 60 Stat. 38; Pub. L. 86-695, Sept.
2, 1960, 74 Stat. 740; Pub. L. 99-634, Sec. 2(a), Nov. 7, 1986, 100
Stat. 3523.)
AMENDMENTS
1986 - Pub. L. 99-634 amended section generally. Prior to
amendment, section read as follows: "For the purpose of sections 51
to 54 of this title, the term 'subcontractor' is defined as any
person, including a corporation, partnership, or business
association of any kind, who holds an agreement or purchase order
to perform all or any part of the work or to make or to furnish any
article or service required for the performance of a negotiated
contract or of a subcontract entered into thereunder; the term
'person' shall include any subcontractor, corporation, association,
trust, joint-stock company, partnership, or individual; and the
term 'negotiated contract' means made without formal advertising."
1960 - Pub. L. 86-695 substituted "negotiated contract" for "cost-
plus-a-fixed-fee or cost reimbursable contract" in definition of
"subcontractor" and defined "negotiated contract".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1986 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 99-634 effective with respect to conduct
described in section 53 of this title which occurs on or after Nov.
7, 1986, see section 3(a) of Pub. L. 99-634, set out as a note
under section 51 of this title.