10 USC § 995 - Accountability for contractors using military working dogs

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s995"
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title: "10 USC § 995 - Accountability for contractors using military working dogs"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "995"
section_name: "Accountability for contractors using military working dogs"
chapter_number: 50
chapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS COMMAND RESPONSIBILITIES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title III, § 382(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2543.)"
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# § 995. Accountability for contractors using military working dogs

**(a)** **Annual Reporting Requirement for Contractors.—** Each covered contract shall specify that the contractor is required to submit to the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), on an annual basis for the duration of the covered contract, a report containing an identification of—

**(1)** the number of military working dogs that are in the possession of the covered contractor and located outside of the continental United States in support of a military operation, if any; and

**(2)** the primary location of any such military working dogs.

**(b)** **Covered Contract Defined.—** In this section the term “covered contract” means a contract that the Secretary of Defense determines involves military working dogs.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title III, § 382(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2543.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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### Deadline for Guidance

> “Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [
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