§7299. Contracts: applicability of Walsh-Healey Act

Each contract for the construction, alteration, furnishing, or equipping of a naval vessel is subject to the Walsh-Healey Act (41 U.S.C. 35 et seq.) unless the President determines that this requirement is not in the interest of national defense.

(Added Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title VIII, §815(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 396 .)

References in Text

The Walsh-Healey Act, referred to in text, is act June 30, 1936, ch. 881, 49 Stat. 2036 , as amended, which is classified generally to sections 35 to 45 of Title 41, Public Contracts. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 35 of Title 41 and Tables. See, also, section 262 of Title 29, Labor.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 7299, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 449 ; Aug. 25, 1958, Pub. L. 85–747, 72 Stat. 839 ; Dec. 12, 1980, Pub. L. 96–513, title V, §513(26), 94 Stat. 2932 ; Oct. 12, 1982, Pub. L. 97–295, §1(47), 96 Stat. 1298 , directed that each contract for construction, alteration, furnishing, or equipping of naval vessel was subject to the Walsh-Healey Act, unless President determined that such requirement was not in interest of national defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–355, title III, §3023(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3333 .