US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

10 U.S.C. § 4957

Subcontractor information

(a)

Contractors to Provide Information .—

The Secretary of Defense shall require that any defense contractor in any year shall provide to an eligible entity with which the Secretary has entered into a cooperative agreement under this chapter, on the request of such entity, the information specified in subsection (b).
(b)

Information to Be Provided .—

Information to be provided under subsection (a) is a listing of the name of each appropriate employee of the contractor who has responsibilities with respect to entering into contracts on behalf of such contractor that constitute subcontracts of contracts being performed by such contractor, together with the business address and telephone number and area of responsibility of each such employee.
(c)

Frequency .—

A defense contractor need not provide information under this section to a particular eligible entity more frequently than once a year.
(d)

Definition .—

In this section, the term “defense contractor”, for any year, means a person awarded a contract with the Department of Defense in that year for an amount in excess of $1,000,000.

Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(c) [title X, § 957(a)(1)(B)]100 Stat. 1783–82Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(c) [title X, § 957(a)(1)(B)]100 Stat. 3341–82Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title IX100 Stat. 3954Pub. L. 100–26, § 3(5)101 Stat. 273Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VIII, § 816118 Stat. 2015Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1872(a)(8)134 Stat. 4289Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(b)(24)135 Stat. 2135(Added , , , 1783–174, and , , , 3341–174, § 2416; , formerly title IV, § 957(a)(1)(B), , , renumbered title IX, , , ; , , ; renumbered § 4957 and amended , , ; , (m)(2)(D), , , 2145.)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(m)(2)(F)135 Stat. 2145Pub. L. 116–283, § 1872(a)(10)section 2419 of this titlePub. L. 117–81section 1872(a)(10) of Pub. L. 116–283section 4959 of this title, , , amended , which had originally transferred to this section. After amendment by , instead transferred section 2419 to .

Pub. L. 99–591Pub. L. 99–500 is a corrected version of .

Pub. L. 99–500Pub. L. 99–591Pub. L. 99–661, , and added identical sections.

Amendments

Pub. L. 116–283, § 1872(a)(8)Pub. L. 117–81, § 1701(b)(24)section 2416 of this title2021—, as amended by , (m)(2)(D), renumbered as this section and inserted headings in subsecs. (a) to (d).

Pub. L. 108–3752004—Subsec. (d). substituted “$1,000,000” for “$500,000”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Pub. L. 117–81Pub. L. 116–283section 1701(a)(2) of Pub. L. 117–81section 3001 of this titleAmendment by applicable as if included in the enactment of title XVIII of as enacted, see , set out in a note preceding and note below.

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

Effective Date

Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(c) [title X, § 957(b)]100 Stat. 1783–82Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(c) [title X, § 957(b)]100 Stat. 3341–82Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title IX100 Stat. 3955Pub. L. 100–26, § 3(5)101 Stat. 273

Section 2416 of title 1010 U.S.C. 4957“, United States Code [now ], as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on .”
, , , 1783–175, , , , 3341–175, and , formerly title IV, § 957(b), , , renumbered title IX, , , , provided that: