FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 222: Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions › Subpart 222.70
DFARS 222.7000 Scope of subpart.
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In plain English
This subpart implements a provision from Defense Appropriations Acts. It applies only to construction and service contracts performed in whole or in part in a noncontiguous State, and only when that State's unemployment rate exceeds the national average as determined by the Secretary of Labor.
Applies to: Construction and service contracts performed in whole or in part in a noncontiguous State
Key terms: noncontiguous State · construction and service contracts · national average rate of unemployment · Secretary of Labor
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The text
(a) This subpart implements Section 8071 of the Fiscal Year 2000 Defense Appropriations Act, Public Law 106-79, and similar sections in subsequent Defense Appropriations Acts.
(b) This subpart applies only—
(1) To construction and service contracts to be performed in whole or in part within a noncontiguous State; and
(2) When the unemployment rate in the noncontiguous State is in excess of the national average rate of unemployment as determined by the Secretary of Labor.
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