2017 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
Part IV - General Administration
Chapter 633 - Naval Vessels
Sec. 7318 - Warranty requirements for shipbuilding contracts
| 10 U.S.C. § 7318 (2017) |
| §7318. Warranty requirements for shipbuilding contracts |
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(a) Requirement.—A contracting officer for a contract for new construction for which funds are expended from the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account shall require, as a condition of the contract, that the work performed under the contract is covered by a warranty for a period of at least one year. (b) Waiver.—If the contracting officer for a contract covered by the requirement under subsection (a) determines that a limited liability of warranted work is in the best interest of the Government, the contracting officer may agree to limit the liability of the work performed under the contract to a level that the contracting officer determines is sufficient to protect the interests of the Government and in keeping with historical levels of warranted work on similar vessels. |
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(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title X, §1022(a)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2388.) |
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EFFECTIVE DATE
Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title X, §1022(b), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2388, provided that: "Section 7318 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the later of the following dates: "(1) The date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 2018 [Pub. L. 115–91, approved Dec. 12, 2017]. "(2) September 30, 2017." |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
| Bills and Statutes |
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| Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps PART IV - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 633 - NAVAL VESSELS Sec. 7318 - Warranty requirements for shipbuilding contracts |
| section 7318 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 130 Stat. 2388 |
| Public Law 114-328, Public Law 115-91 |
