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31 U.S.C. 3905: Payment provisions relating to construction contracts

Created in 1988 by Public Law 100-496. Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

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2002Pub. L. 107-217

1988Pub. L. 100-496created it

31 U.S.C. 3905Payment provisions relating to construction contracts

(2)As soon as practicable, but not later than 7 days after receipt of satisfactory…

(a)In the event that a contractor, after making a certified payment request to an…

(b)Each construction contract awarded by an agency shall include a clause that…

(c)The construction contract awarded by the agency shall further require the prime…

(d)The clauses required by subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall not be…

(e)If a prime contractor, after making application to an agency for payment under…

(f)(1) If a prime contractor, after making payment to a first-tier subcontractor,…

(g)A written notice of any withholding shall be issued to a subcontractor (with a…

(h)A prime contractor may not request payment from the agency of any amount…

(i)A dispute between a contractor and subcontractor relating to the amount or…

(j)Except as provided in subsection (i) of this section, this section shall not…

(k)A contractor's obligation to pay an interest penalty to a subcontractor…

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No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

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2002

Pub. L. 107–217 substituted "section 3133(b) of title 40" for "section 2 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (40 U.S.C. 270b)". Law text · (f)

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