10 USC § 8670 - Contracts for nuclear ships: sales of naval shipyard articles and services to private shipyards

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title: "10 USC § 8670 - Contracts for nuclear ships: sales of naval shipyard articles and services to private shipyards"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8670"
section_name: "Contracts for nuclear ships: sales of naval shipyard articles and services to private shipyards"
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. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1016(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 744, § 7300; amended Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1033(c)(3)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–261; renumbered § 8670, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8670. Contracts for nuclear ships: sales of naval shipyard articles and services to private shipyards

section 2208(j)(1)(B) of this titlesection 2563 of this title

The conditions set forth in  and subsections (a)(1) and (c)(1)(A) of  shall not apply to a sale by a naval shipyard of articles or services to a private shipyard that is made at the request of the private shipyard in order to facilitate the private shipyard’s fulfillment of a Department of Defense contract with respect to a nuclear ship. This section does not authorize a naval shipyard to construct a nuclear ship for the private shipyard, to perform a majority of the work called for in a contract with a private entity, or to provide articles or services not requested by the private shipyard.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1016(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 744, § 7300; amended Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1033(c)(3)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–261; renumbered § 8670, 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.

2000— substituted “section 2563” for “section 2553”.

## 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 .