6 USC 396 - Lead system integrator; financial interests

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 396.

Lead system integrator; financial interests

(a)

In general

(b)

Exception

An entity described in subsection (a) may have a direct financial interest in the development or construction of an individual system or element of a system of systems if—

(1)

the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate that—

(A)

the entity was selected by the Department of Homeland Security as a contractor to develop or construct the system or element concerned through the use of competitive procedures; and

(B)

the Department took appropriate steps to prevent any organizational conflict of interest in the selection process; or

(2)

the entity was selected by a subcontractor to serve as a lower-tier subcontractor, through a process over which the entity exercised no control.

(c)

Construction

(d)

Regulations update

(Pub. L. 110–28, title VI, § 6405, May 25, 2007, 121 Stat. 176.)

cite as: 6 USC 396