# § 4704. Defense contractors: listing of suitable employment openings with local employment service office
**(a)** **Regulations.—** The Secretary of Defense shall promulgate regulations containing the requirement described in subsection (b) and such other provisions as the Secretary considers necessary to administer such requirement. Such regulations shall require that each contract described in subsection (c) shall contain a clause requiring the contractor to comply with such regulations.
**(b)** **Requirement.—** The regulations promulgated under this section shall require each contractor carrying out a contract described in subsection (c) to list immediately with the appropriate local employment service office, and where appropriate the Interstate Job Bank (established by the United States Employment Service), all of its suitable employment openings under such contract.
**(c)** **Covered Contracts.—** The regulations promulgated under this section shall apply to any contract entered into with the Department of Defense in an amount of $500,000 or more.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 102–484, div. D, title XLIV, § 4470(a)(1), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2753, § 2410d; renumbered § 2410k and amended Pub. L. 103–35, title II, §§ 201(b)(1)(A), 202(a)(18)(A), May 31, 1993, 107 Stat. 97, 102; renumbered § 4704, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1863(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4278.)
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
A prior section 4711, , , related to inquests, prior to repeal by , , .
A prior section 4712 was renumbered .
A prior section 4713, acts , ; , , (B), ; , , ; , , , related to disposition of effects of deceased persons by Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home, prior to repeal by , §§ 1533(a)(7)(A), 1541, , , 1736, effective one year after .
Prior sections 4714 and 4721 to 4727 were renumbered sections 7714 and 7721 to 7727 of this title, respectively.
A prior section 4741, , , related to control and supervision of transportation of members, munitions of war, equipment, military property, and stores of the Army throughout the United States, prior to repeal by , , .
A prior section 4742 was renumbered .
A prior section 4743, , , related to use of transportation by officers of the Army, prior to repeal by , , .
Prior sections 4744 to 4747 were renumbered sections 2648 to 2651 of this title, respectively.
A prior section 4748, , , related to transportation of motor vehicles for members on permanent change of station, prior to repeal by , , .
A prior section 4749 was renumbered .
### Amendments
2021— renumbered as this section.
1993—, renumbered as section 2410k.
, made technical amendment to directory language of , which enacted this section.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2021 Amendment
Amendment by effective , with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see , set out as a note preceding .
### Effective Date of 1993 Amendment
Amendment by applicable as if included in the enactment of , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date
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