10 USC § 8669 - Contracts: applicability of chapter 65 of title 41

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title: "10 USC § 8669 - Contracts: applicability of chapter 65 of title 41"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8669"
section_name: "Contracts: applicability of chapter 65 of title 41"
chapter_number: 863
chapter_name: "NAVAL VESSELS"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title VIII, § 815(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 396, § 7299; amended Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(b)(52), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3846; renumbered § 8669, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8669. Contracts: applicability of chapter 65 of title 41

Each contract for the construction, alteration, furnishing, or equipping of a naval vessel is subject to chapter 65 of title 41 unless the President determines that this requirement is not in the interest of national defense.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title VIII, § 815(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 396, § 7299; amended Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(b)(52), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3846; renumbered § 8669, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2011— substituted “chapter 65 of title 41” for “Walsh-Healey Act” in section catchline and for “the Walsh-Healey Act ( et seq.)” in text.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .