10 USC § 3742 - Adjustment of threshold amount of covered contract

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title: "10 USC § 3742 - Adjustment of threshold amount of covered contract"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "3742"
section_name: "Adjustment of threshold amount of covered contract"
chapter_number: 273
chapter_name: "ALLOWABLE COSTS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "ACQUISITION"
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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, § 1832(a), (b)(4), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4218, 4219.)"
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# § 3742. Adjustment of threshold amount of covered contract

section 3741(2) of this titlesection 1908 of title 41

Effective on October 1 of each year that is divisible by five, the amount set forth in  shall be adjusted in accordance with .

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**Source Credit**: (Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1832(a), (b)(4), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4218, 4219.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

The text of par. (1)(B) of subsec. () of , which was transferred to this section and amended by , was based on , , ; , , .

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3742 was renumbered .

### Amendments

2021—, transferred subpar. (B) of section 2324()(1) of this title to this section, struck out subpar. (B) designation at beginning, and substituted “” for “subparagraph (A)”.

## 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 .