10 USC § 3746 - Applicability of regulations to subcontractors

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title: "10 USC § 3746 - Applicability of regulations to subcontractors"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "3746"
section_name: "Applicability of regulations to subcontractors"
chapter_number: 273
chapter_name: "ALLOWABLE COSTS"
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part_number: "V"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1832(a), (e), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4218, 4221.)"
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# § 3746. Applicability of regulations to subcontractors

The regulations referred to in sections 3744 and 3745(a) and (b) of this title shall require prime contractors of a covered contract, to the maximum extent practicable, to apply the provisions of such regulations to all subcontractors of the covered contract.

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**Source Credit**: (Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1832(a), (e), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4218, 4221.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

Another  amended .

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3746 was renumbered .

### Amendments

2021—, transferred subsec. (g) of  to this section, struck out subsec. (g) designation and heading “Applicability of Regulations to Subcontractors” at beginning, and substituted “sections 3744 and 3745(a) and (b) of this title” for “subsections (e) and (f)(1)”.

## 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 .