1996 US Code
Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle A - General Military Law
PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
CHAPTER 137 - PROCUREMENT GENERALLY
Sec. 2312 - Remission of liquidated damages

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle A - General Military Law
PART IV - SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
CHAPTER 137 - PROCUREMENT GENERALLY
Sec. 2312 - Remission of liquidated damages
Containssection 2312
Date1996
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 6, 1997
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 132; Oct. 19, 1996, Pub. L. 104-316, title II, §202(c), 110 Stat. 3842.
Statutes at Large References62 Stat. 24
110 Stat. 3842
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 104-316


§2312. Remission of liquidated damages

Upon the recommendation of the head of an agency, the Secretary of the Treasury may remit all or part, as he considers just and equitable, of any liquidated damages assessed for delay in performing a contract, made by that agency, that provides for such damages.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 132; Oct. 19, 1996, Pub. L. 104–316, title II, §202(c), 110 Stat. 3842.)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
2312 41:155. Feb. 19, 1948, ch. 65, §6, 62 Stat. 24.

The words “a contract, made by that agency, that provides for” are substituted for the words “any contract made on behalf of the Government by the agency head or by officers authorized by him so to do includes a provision”.

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–316 substituted “Secretary of the Treasury” for “Comptroller General”.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in title 50 section 403c.

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