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10 USC § 4752 - Remission of liquidated damages 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s4752"
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title: "10 USC § 4752 - Remission of liquidated damages"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "4752"
section_name: "Remission of liquidated damages"
chapter_number: 367
chapter_name: "OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "ACQUISITION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 132, § 2312; Pub. L. 104–316, title II, § 202(c), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3842; renumbered § 4752, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1864(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4279.)"
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# § 4752. Remission of liquidated damages

Upon the recommendation of the head of an agency, the Secretary of the Treasury may remit all or part, as he considers just and equitable, of any liquidated damages assessed for delay in performing a contract, made by that agency, that provides for such damages.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 132, § 2312; Pub. L. 104–316, title II, § 202(c), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3842; renumbered § 4752, Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1864(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4279.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2312 | 41:155. | Feb. 19, 1948, ch. 65, § 6, 62 Stat. 24. |

The words “a contract, made by that agency, that provides for” are substituted for the words “any contract made on behalf of the Government by the agency head or by officers authorized by him so to do includes a provision”.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021— renumbered  as this section.

1996— substituted “Secretary of the Treasury” for “Comptroller General”.

## 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 .