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  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 10USC2226]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                 CHAPTER 131--PLANNING AND COORDINATION
 
Sec. 2226. Contracted property and services: prompt payment of 
        vouchers
        
    (a) Requirement.--Of the contract vouchers that are received by the 
Defense Finance and Accounting Service by means of the mechanization of 
contract administration services system, the number of such vouchers 
that remain unpaid for more than 30 days as of the last day of each 
month may not exceed 5 percent of the total number of the contract 
vouchers so received that remain unpaid on that day.
    (b) Contract Voucher Defined.--In this section, the term ``contract 
voucher'' means a voucher or invoice for the payment to a contractor for 
services, commercial items (as defined in section 4(12) of the Office of 
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12))), or other 
deliverable items provided by the contractor under a contract funded by 
the Department of Defense.

(Added Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title X, Sec. 1006(a)(1)], 
Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-247.)


                             Effective Date

    Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title X, Sec. 1006(b)], Oct. 30, 
2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-248, provided that: ``Section 2226 of title 
10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall take effect 
on December 1, 2000.''


                   Conditional Requirement for Report

    Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title X, Sec. 1006(c)], Oct. 30, 
2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-248, provided that:
    ``(1) If for any month of the noncompliance reporting period the 
requirement in section 2226 of title 10, United States Code (as added by 
subsection (a)), is not met, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives a report on the magnitude of 
the unpaid contract vouchers. The report for a month shall be submitted 
not later than 30 days after the end of that month.
    ``(2) A report for a month under paragraph (1) shall include 
information current as of the last day of the month as follows:
        ``(A) The number of the vouchers received by the Defense Finance 
    and Accounting Service by means of the mechanization of contract 
    administration services system during each month.
        ``(B) The number of the vouchers so received, whenever received 
    by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, that remain unpaid 
    for each of the following periods:
            ``(i) Over 30 days and not more than 60 days.
            ``(ii) Over 60 days and not more than 90 days.
            ``(iii) More than 90 days.
        ``(C) The number of the vouchers so received that remain unpaid 
    for the major categories of procurements, as defined by the 
    Secretary of Defense.
        ``(D) The corrective actions that are necessary, and those that 
    are being taken, to ensure compliance with the requirement in 
    subsection (a).
    ``(3) For purposes of this subsection:
        ``(A) The term `noncompliance reporting period' means the period 
    beginning on December 1, 2000, and ending on November 30, 2004.
        ``(B) The term `contract voucher' has the meaning given that 
    term in section 2226(b) of title 10, United States Code (as added by 
    subsection (a)).''
