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DFARS 252.237-7019 Training for Contractor Personnel Interacting with Detainees.

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 requires contractors whose personnel may interact with detainees to arrange for those personnel to receive training on U.S. and international detention obligations, including the Geneva Conventions. The training is arranged by the responsible Combatant Commander, and the contractor must ensure personnel are trained before interacting with detainees (or as soon as possible if authorized otherwise) and annually thereafter. The contractor must also retain training receipt documents and flow this clause down to applicable subcontracts.

Applies to: Contractors and subcontractors whose personnel are expected to interact with detainees in the course of their duties.

What it requires

  • Arrange for personnel interacting with detainees to receive the specified training prior to interaction (or as soon as possible if authorized by the Contracting Officer) and annually thereafter.
  • Provide a copy of the training receipt document to the Contractor for retention.
  • Retain a copy of the training receipt document(s) until contract closeout or 3 years after all work is completed and accepted, whichever is sooner.
  • Include the substance of this clause, including its subcontracts paragraph, in all subcontracts that may require subcontractor personnel to interact with detainees.

Key terms: Combatant Commander · Detainee · Personnel interacting with detainees · Training receipt document · Geneva Conventions

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

The text

As prescribed in 237.171-4, use the following clause:

Training for Contractor Personnel Interacting With Detainees (JAN 2023)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

Combatant Commander means the commander of a unified or specified combatant command established in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 161.

Detainee means a person in the custody or under the physical control of the Department of Defense on behalf of the United States Government as a result of armed conflict or other military operation by United States armed forces.

Personnel interacting with detainees means personnel who, in the course of their duties, are expected to interact with detainees.

(b) Training requirement. This clause implements Section 1092 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Pub. L. 108-375).

(1) The Combatant Commander responsible for the area where a detention or interrogation facility is located will arrange for training to be provided to contractor personnel interacting with detainees. The training will address the international obligations and laws of the United States applicable to the detention of personnel, including the Geneva Conventions. The Combatant Commander will arrange for a training receipt document to be provided to personnel who have completed the training.

(2)(i) The Contractor shall arrange for its personnel interacting with detainees to—

(A) Receive the training specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this clause—

(1) Prior to interacting with detainees, or as soon as possible if, for compelling reasons, the Contracting Officer authorizes interaction with detainees prior to receipt of such training; and

(2) Annually thereafter; and

(B) Provide a copy of the training receipt document specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this clause to the Contractor for retention.

(ii) To make these arrangements, the following points of contact apply:

[Contracting Officer to insert applicable point of contact information cited in PGI 237.171-3(b).]

(3) The Contractor shall retain a copy of the training receipt document(s) provided in accordance with paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of this clause until the contract is closed, or 3 years after all work required by the contract has been completed and accepted by the Government, whichever is sooner.

(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts, including subcontracts for commercial services, that may require subcontractor personnel to interact with detainees in the course of their duties.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
  • 237.171-2 Definition.
  • 237.171-4 Contract clause.

← 252.237-7018 Special definitions of Government property. · 252.237-7020—252.237-7021 [Reserved] →

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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