10 USC § 8679a - Contracting with shipyards controlled by a foreign adversary country: prohibition

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title: "10 USC § 8679a - Contracting with shipyards controlled by a foreign adversary country: prohibition"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8679a"
section_name: "Contracting with shipyards controlled by a foreign adversary country: prohibition"
chapter_number: 863
chapter_name: "NAVAL VESSELS"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title X, § 1025, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2055; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(a)(36), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1209.)"
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# § 8679a. Contracting with shipyards controlled by a foreign adversary country: prohibition

section 4872(f) of this title

The Secretary of Defense may not enter into any contract or other agreement with a shipyard determined by the Secretary of Defense to be under the ownership, control, or influence of a covered nation, as defined in .

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title X, § 1025, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2055; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title XVII, § 1701(a)(36), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1209.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025— substituted “a covered nation, as defined in ” for “a foreign adversary country (as defined in , United States Code)” in text.