10 USC § 3708 - Right to examine contractor records

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s3708"
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title: "10 USC § 3708 - Right to examine contractor records"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "3708"
section_name: "Right to examine contractor records"
chapter_number: 271
chapter_name: "TRUTHFUL COST OR PRICING DATA (TRUTH IN NEGOTIATIONS)"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "ACQUISITION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1831(a), (i), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4209, 4216.)"
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# § 3708. Right to examine contractor records

section 3841(b)(2) of this title

For the purpose of evaluating the accuracy, completeness, and currency of cost or pricing data required to be submitted by this chapter, the head of an agency shall have the authority provided by .

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**Source Credit**: (Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1831(a), (i), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4209, 4216.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

The text of subsec. (g) of , which was transferred to this section and amended by , was based on , , .

### Amendments

2021—, transferred subsec. (g) of  to this section, struck out subsec. (g) designation and heading “Right of United States To Examine Contractor Records” at beginning, and substituted “this chapter” for “this section” and “section 3841(b)(2)” for “section 2313(a)(2)”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section and amendment by  effective , with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see , set out as an Effective Date of 2021 Amendment note preceding .