50-U.S.C.-2782
§2782 – Prohibition and Report On Bonuses to Contractors Operating Defense Nuclear Facilities
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Title 50 > Chapter 42 > Subchapter VIII > Part A > Section 2782
Details
- Reference: Section 2782
- Legend: §2782 – Prohibition and Report On Bonuses to Contractors Operating Defense Nuclear Facilities
- USCode Year: 2012
Provision Content
(a) Prohibition
The Secretary of Energy may not provide any bonuses, award fees, or other form of performance- or production-based awards to a contractor operating a Department of Energy defense nuclear facility unless, in evaluating the performance or production under the contract, the Secretary considers the contractors compliance with all applicable environmental, safety, and health statutes, regulations, and practices for determining both the size of, and the contractors qualification for, such bonus, award fee, or other award. The prohibition in this subsection applies with respect to contracts entered into, or contract options exercised, after November 29, 1989.
(b) Department of Energy defense nuclear facility” defined
In this section, the term Department of Energy defense nuclear facility” has the meaning given such term by section 2286g of title 42.
(c) Regulations
The Secretary of Energy shall promulgate regulations to implement subsection (a) not later than March 1, 1990.
(Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLVIII, §4802, formerly Pub. L. 101–189, div. C, title XXXI, §3151, Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1682; renumbered Pub. L. 107–314, div. D, title XLVIII, §4802, and amended Pub. L. 108–136, div. C, title XXXI, §3141(k)(3), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1783; Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXI, §3131(v), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2184.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 7256b of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 108–136.
Amendments
2013—Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 112–239 redesignated subsecs. (c) and (d) as (b) and (c), respectively, and struck out former subsec. (b), which related to a report on Rocky Flats bonuses.
2003—Pub. L. 108–136, §3141(k)(3)(D)(i), made technical amendment to section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–136, §3141(k)(3)(D)(ii), substituted November 29, 1989” for the date of the enactment of this Act” in the original, which for purposes of codification had been changed to November 29, 1989” thus requiring no change in text.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–136, §3141(k)(3)(D)(iii), substituted May 29, 1990,” for 6 months after November 29, 1989,”.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 108–136, §3141(k)(3)(D)(iv), substituted March 1, 1990” for 90 days after November 29, 1989”.
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