25 USC § 1544 - Additional compensation to contractors of Federal agency

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s1544"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "25 USC § 1544 - Additional compensation to contractors of Federal agency"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "1544"
section_name: "Additional compensation to contractors of Federal agency"
chapter_number: 17
chapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–262, title V, § 504, added Pub. L. 100–442, § 7, Sept. 22, 1988, 102 Stat. 1765.)"
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# § 1544. Additional compensation to contractors of Federal agency

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a contractor of a Federal agency under any Act of Congress may be allowed an additional amount of compensation equal to 5 percent of the amount paid, or to be paid, to a subcontractor or supplier, in carrying out the contract if such subcontractor or supplier is an Indian organization or Indian-owned economic enterprise as defined in this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–262, title V, § 504, added Pub. L. 100–442, § 7, Sept. 22, 1988, 102 Stat. 1765.)