1. (a) Certification Requirement.— A request for equitable adjustment to contract terms or request for relief under Public Law 85–804 (50 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold may not be paid unless a person authorized to certify the request on behalf of the contractor certifies, at the time the request is submitted, that—

   1. (1) the request is made in good faith, and
   2. (2) the supporting data are accurate and complete to the best of that person’s knowledge and belief.

2. (b) Restriction on Legislative Payment of Claims.— In the case of a contract of an agency named in section 2303(a) ¹ of this title, no provision of a law enacted after September 30, 1994, that directs the payment of a particular claim under such contract, a particular request for equitable adjustment to any term of such contract, or a particular request for relief under Public Law 85–804 (50 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) regarding such contract may be implemented unless such provision of law—

   1. (1) specifically refers to this subsection; and
   2. (2) specifically states that this subsection does not apply with respect to the payment directed by that provision of law.
3. (c) Definition.— In this section, the term “simplified acquisition threshold” has the meaning given that term in section 134 of title 41.

(Added Pub. L. 103–355, title II, § 2301(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3320, § 2410; amended Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(b)(27), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3845; renumbered § 3862 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, §§ 1836(b), 1883(b)(2), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4241, 4294.)

References in Text

Public Law 85–804, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), is Pub. L. 85–804, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 972, which is classified generally to chapter 29 (§ 1431 et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Section 2303(a) of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was transferred to sections 3063 and 3064(a) of this title by Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1807(c)(2), (3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4157. Section 3063 of this title sets out a list of covered agencies.

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 1836(b), renumbered section 2410 of this title as this section.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1883(b)(2), which directed that each reference in the text of title 10 to a section that was redesignated by title XVIII of Pub. L. 116–283, as such section was in effect before the redesignation, be amended by striking such reference and inserting a reference to the appropriate redesignated section, was not executed with respect to “section 2303(a)”, which was redesignated as multiple sections.

Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

¹ See References in Text note below.