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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 252: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 252.2

DFARS 252.232-7008 Assignment of claims (overseas).

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This clause restricts how a contractor may assign its right to receive payment under an overseas contract. Any assignment must be approved in writing by the Contracting Officer, comply with U.S. laws and regulations, and be permitted by the contractor's own country's laws. It also limits what classified documents can be shared with an assignee and requires the contractor to identify the assignee on invoices when direct payment goes to that assignee.

Applies to: Contractors performing overseas contracts that include this clause

What it requires

  • Obtain written Contracting Officer approval before assigning any claim for monies due or to become due
  • Ensure any assignment complies with U.S. laws and regulations and is permitted by the contractor's country's laws
  • Not furnish documents marked Top Secret, Secret, or Confidential to an assignee or other unauthorized person without prior written Contracting Officer authorization
  • On each invoice or voucher where direct payment goes to an assignee, identify the assignee by name and complete address and acknowledge the validity of the assignment and the assignee's right to receive payment

Key terms: assignment of claims · Contracting Officer · assignee · Top Secret · Secret

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 232.806(a)(1), use the following clause:

Assignment of Claims (Overseas) (JUN 1997)

(a) No claims for monies due, or to become due, shall be assigned by the Contractor unless—

(1) Approved in writing by the Contracting Officer;

(2) Made in accordance with the laws and regulations of the United States of America; and

(3) Permitted by the laws and regulations of the Contractor's country.

(b) In no event shall copies of this contract of any plans, specifications, or other similar documents relating to work under this contract, if marked “Top Secret,” “Secret,” or “Confidential” be furnished to any assignee of any claim arising under this contract or to any other person not entitled to receive such documents. However, a copy of any part or all of this contract so marked may be furnished, or any information contained herein may be disclosed, to such assignee upon the Contracting Officer's prior written authorization.

(c) Any assignment under this contract shall cover all amounts payable under this contract and not already paid, and shall not be made to more than one party, except that any such assignment may be made to one party as agent or trustee for two or more parties participating in such financing. On each invoice or voucher submitted for payment under this contract to which any assignment applies, and for which direct payment thereof is to be made to an assignee, the Contractor shall—

(1) Identify the assignee by name and complete address; and

(2) Acknowledge the validity of the assignment and the right of the named assignee to receive payment in the amount invoiced or vouchered.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 252.232-7007 Limitation of Government's obligation. · 252.232-7009 Mandatory payment by Governmentwide commercial purchase card. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 252

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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