### **CHAPTER 365—CONTRACTOR WORKFORCE**

Sec.
4701.
Contractor employees: protection from reprisal for disclosure of certain information.
4702.
Incentives and consideration for qualified training programs.
4703.
Displaced contractor employees: assistance to obtain certification and employment as teachers or employment as teachers' aides.
4704.
Defense contractors: listing of suitable employment openings with local employment service office.

#### **Editorial Notes**

#### Prior Provisions

A prior chapter 365 "CONTRACTOR WORKFORCE", consisting of reserved section 4701, was repealed by Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, §1863(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4278.

Another prior chapter 365, consisting of sections 3881 to 3889 relating to retirement for age of certain commissioned officers, some of which had previously been repealed, was repealed in its entirety by Pub. L. 96–513, title II, §216, title VII, §701, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2886, 2955, effective Sept. 15, 1981.

#### **Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries**

#### Policies and Procedures for Contractors To Report Gross Violations of Internationally Recognized Human Rights

Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title VIII, §888, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1536, provided that:

"(a) In General.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 20, 2019], the Secretary of Defense shall update Department of Defense policy and guidance and the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to provide specific guidance to Department of Defense employees and contractors performing a Department of Defense contract that supports United States Armed Forces deployed outside of the United States on monitoring and reporting allegations of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.

"(b) Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 20, 2019], the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that describes—

"(1) the policies and procedures in place to obtain information about possible cases of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights from Department of Defense contractors described in subsection (a), including the methods for tracking cases; and

"(2) the resources needed to investigate reports made pursuant to subsection (a).

"(c) Form of Report.—The report required by subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

"(d) Definitions.—In this section:

"(1) Appropriate congressional committees.—the term 'appropriate congressional committees' means—

"(A) the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives]; and

"(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

"(2) Gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.—The term 'gross violations of internationally recognized human rights' has the meaning given such term in subsection (d)(1) of section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304)."

#### Prohibition on Contracting With Persons That Have Business Operations With the Maduro Regime

Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title VIII, §890, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1538, provided that:

"(a) Prohibition.—Except as provided under subsections (c), (d), and (e), the Department of Defense may not enter into a contract for the procurement of goods or services with any person that has business operations with an authority of the Government of Venezuela that is not recognized as the legitimate Government of Venezuela by the United States Government.

"(b) Exceptions.—

"(1) In general.—The prohibition under subsection (a) does not apply to a contract that the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State jointly determine—

"(A) is necessary—

"(i) for purposes of providing humanitarian assistance to the people of Venezuela;

"(ii) for purposes of providing disaster relief and other urgent life-saving measures; or

"(iii) to carry out noncombatant evacuations; or

"(B) is vital to the national security interests of the United States.

"(2) Notification requirement.—The Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives], the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of any contract entered into on the basis of an exception provided for under paragraph (1).

"(c) Office of Foreign Assets Control Licenses.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to a person that has a valid license to operate in Venezuela issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury.

"(d) American Diplomatic Mission in Venezuela.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to contracts related to the operation and maintenance of the United States Government's consular offices and diplomatic posts in Venezuela.

"(e) Definitions.—In this section:

"(1) Business operations.—The term 'business operations' means engaging in commerce in any form, including acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning, selling, possessing, leasing, or operating equipment, facilities, personnel, products, services, personal property, real property, or any other apparatus of business or commerce.

"(2) Government of venezuela.—The term 'Government of Venezuela' includes the government of any political subdivision of Venezuela, and any agency or instrumentality of the Government of Venezuela. For purposes of this paragraph, the term 'agency or instrumentality of the Government of Venezuela' means an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state as defined in section 1603(b) of title 28, United States Code, with each reference in such section to 'a foreign state' deemed to be a reference to 'Venezuela'.

"(3) Person.—The term 'person' means—

"(A) a natural person, corporation, company, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other nongovernmental entity, organization, or group;

"(B) any governmental entity or instrumentality of a government, including a multilateral development institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(3) of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(3))); and

"(C) any successor, subunit, parent entity, or subsidiary of, or any entity under common ownership or control with, any entity described in subparagraph (A) or (B).

"(f) Applicability.—This section shall apply with respect to any contract entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this section [Dec. 20, 2019]."