§ 8669.
Each contract for the construction, alteration, furnishing, or equipping of a naval vessel is subject to chapter 65 of title 41 unless the President determines that this requirement is not in the interest of national defense.
(Added [Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title VIII, § 815(a)], Feb. 10, 1996, [110 Stat. 396], § 7299; amended [Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(b)(52)], Jan. 4, 2011, [124 Stat. 3846]; renumbered § 8669, [Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2)], Aug. 13, 2018, [132 Stat. 1836].)