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Limitation on certain contract clauses for commercial products or commercial services

Division A · Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters · Subtitle A: Acquisition Policy and Management

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The section restricts the Secretary of Defense from adding contract clauses to certain lists if those clauses are already required by existing federal regulations for commercial products or services. It also prohibits including contract clauses in commercial product or service contracts that are not on those approved lists.

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Section Text · Sec. 803.
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(f) Limitations

The Secretary of Defense may not—

(1)

include in the lists required by subsections (b) and (c)(1) any contract clause that is substantially similar to a contract clause for commercial products or commercial services that is required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation or otherwise required by the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and

(2)

include in a contract for the procurement of commercial products or commercial services a contract clause from the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation or Federal Acquisition Regulation that is not included on such lists.