Sec. 1022. Warranty requirements for shipbuilding contracts
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Chapter 633 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: A contracting officer for a contract for which funds are expended from the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account shall require, as a condition of the contract, that the work performed under the contract is covered by a warranty for a period of at least one year. If the contracting officer for a contract covered by the requirement under subsection
(a)determines that a limited liability of warranted work is in the best interest of the Government, the contracting officer may agree to limit the liability of the work performed under the contract to a level that the contracting officer determines is sufficient to protect the interests of the Government and in keeping with historical levels of warranted work on similar vessels. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 7318. Warranty requirements for shipbuilding contracts. .