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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 · Sec. 843

Sec. 843. DEFINITIONS

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## SEC. 843 DEFINITIONS **[**[10 U.S.C. 4871 note](/us/usc/t10/s4871) prec.**]** In this subtitle: ####
(1)Covered activities The term “**covered activities**” means activities where a covered person or entity is— #####
(A)engaging in acts of violence against personnel of the United States or its partners and allies; #####
(B)providing financing, logistics, training, or intelligence to a person described in subparagraph (A); #####
(C)engaging in foreign intelligence activities against the United States or its partners and allies; #####
(D)engaging in transnational organized crime or criminal activities; or #####
(E)engaging in other activities that present a direct or indirect risk to United States or partner and allied missions and forces. ####
(2)Covered contract, grant, or cooperative agreement defined The term “**covered contract, grant, or cooperative agreement**” means a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement that is performed outside the United States, including its possessions and territories. ####
(3)Covered person or entity The term “**covered person or entity**” means any person, corporation, company, limited liability company, limited partnership, business trust, business association, or other similar entity outside of the United States or any foreign reporting company in accordance with section 5336(a)(11)(A)(ii) of title 31, United States Code, that is responding to a covered solicitation or performing work on a covered contract, grant, or cooperative agreement. **[**Paragraph
(4)was repealed by section 1701(e) of division A of Public Law 118–159.**]** ####
(5)Covered procurement action The term “**covered procurement action**” means an action taken by a head of contracting activity to— #####
(A)exclude a person or commercial entity from an award with or without an existing contract, grant, or cooperative agreement; #####
(B)terminate a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement for default; or #####
(C)void, in whole or in part, a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement. ####
(6)Covered solicitation The term “**covered solicitation**” means any solicitation by the Department of Defense for work for which the place of performance is outside of the United States. ####
(7)Head of contracting activity The term “**head of contracting activity**” has the meaning described in section 1.601 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. ## Subtitle F Other Matters
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