10 U.S.C. § 3861
Research and development contracts: indemnification provisions
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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- 10 U.S.C. § 3861, Research and development contracts: indemnification provisions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/434811
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With the approval of the Secretary of the military department concerned, any contract of a military department for research or development, or both, may provide that the United States will indemnify the contractor against either or both of the following, but only to the extent that they arise out of the direct performance of the contract and to the extent not compensated by insurance or otherwise:
A contract, made under subsection (a), that provides for indemnification must also provide for—
Upon approval by the Secretary concerned, payments under subsection (a) may be made from—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021