The Secretary of the Navy shall provide, in each contract for construction or conversion of a naval vessel, that, when partial, progress, or other payments are made under such contract, the United States is secured by a lien upon work in progress and on property acquired for performance of the contract on account of all payments so made. The lien is paramount to all other liens.

(Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1876(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4291.)

Codification

The text of subsec. (g)(3) of section 2307 of this title, which was transferred to this section by Pub. L. 116–283, § 1876(b)(2), was based on Pub. L. 103–355, title II, § 2001(g), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3302.

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 1876(b)(2), transferred text of subsec. (g)(3) of section 2307 of this title to this section.

Effective Date

Section and 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 an Effective Date of 2021 Amendment note preceding section 3001 of this title.