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10 U.S.C. § 3804 — Conditions for progress payments
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**(a) Payment Commensurate With Work.—** The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that any payment for work in progress (including materials, labor, and other items) under a defense contract that provides for such payments is commensurate with the work accomplished that meets standards established under the contract. The contractor shall provide such information and evidence as the Secretary of Defense determines necessary to permit the Secretary to carry out the preceding sentence.
**(b) Limitation.—** The Secretary shall ensure that progress payments referred to in subsection (a) are not made for more than 80 percent of the work accomplished under a defense contract so long as the Secretary has not made the contractual terms, specifications, and price definite.
**(c) Applicability.—** This section applies to any contract in an amount greater than $25,000.
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**(a) Payment Commensurate With Work.—** The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that any payment for work in progress (including materials, labor, and other items) under a defense contract that provides for such payments is commensurate with the work accomplished that meets standards established under the contract. The contractor shall provide such information and evidence as the Secretary of Defense determines necessary to permit the Secretary to carry out the preceding sentence.
**(b) Limitation.—** The Secretary shall ensure that progress payments referred to in subsection (a) are not made for more than 80 percent of the work accomplished under a defense contract so long as the Secretary has not made the contractual terms, specifications, and price definite.
**(c) Applicability.—** This section applies to any contract in an amount greater than $25,000.
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**(a) Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “defense acquisition system” means—
(1) the workforce engaged in carrying out the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense;
(2) the management structure responsible for directing and overseeing the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense; and
(3) the statutory, regulatory, and policy framework that guides the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense.
**(b) Element of the Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “element of the defense acquisition system” means an organization that—
(1) employs members of the acquisition workforce;
(2) carries out acquisition functions; and
(3) focuses primarily on acquisition.
**(c) Acquisition.—** In this part, the term “acquisition” has the meaning provided in [section 131 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 3804
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section and amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective
Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed im-
plementation and applicability of existing law, see sec-
tion 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as an Effective
Date of 2021 Amendment note preceding section 3001 of
this title.
§ 3804. Conditions for progress payments
(a) PAYMENT COMMENSURATE WITH WORK.—The
Secretary of Defense shall ensure that any pay-
ment for work in progress (including materials,
labor, and other items) under a defense contract
that provides for such payments is commensu-
rate with the work accomplished that meets
standards established under the contract. The
contractor shall provide such information and
evidence as the Secretary of Defense determines
necessary to permit the Secretary to carry out
the preceding sentence.
(b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall ensure
that progress payments referred to in subsection
(a) are not made for more than 80 percent of the
work accomplished under a defense contract so
long as the Secretary has not made the contrac-
tual terms, specifications, and price definite.
(c) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies to any
contract in an amount greater than $25,000.
(Added and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title
XVIII, § 1834(a), (e), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4234,
4236.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
The text of subsec. (e) of section 2307 of this title,
which was transferred to this section and amended by
Pub. L. 116–283, § 1834(e), was based on Pub. L. 100–370,
§ 1(f)(1)(A), July 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 846; Pub. L. 101–510,
div. A, title XIII, § 1322(a)(4)(B), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat.
1671; Pub. L. 102–25, title VII, § 701(d)(4), Apr. 6, 1991,
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