Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 5.djvu/629

 PUBLIC LAW 100-700—NOV. 19, 1988

102 STAT. 4635

amended by inserting after section 305 the following new section 306: "LIMITATIONS ON ALLOWABILITY OP COSTS INCURRED BY CONTRACTORS IN CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS

"SEC. 306. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, costs 41 USC 256. incurred by a contractor in connection with any criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding commenced by the United States or a State are not allowable as reimbursable costs under a covered contract if the proceeding (1) relates to a violation of, or a failure to comply with, a Federal or State statute or regulation, and (2) results in a disposition described in subsection fla). "(b) A disposition referred to in subsection (a)(2) is any of the following: "(1) In the case of a criminal proceeding, a conviction (including a conviction pursuant to a plea of nolo contendere) by reason of the violation or failure referred to in subsection (a). "(2) In the case of a civil or administrative proceeding involving an allegation of fraud or similar misconduct, a determination of contractor liability on the basis of the violation or failure referred to in subsection (a). "(3) In the case of any civil or administrative proceeding, the imposition of a monetary penalty by reason of the violation or failure referred to in subsection (a). "(4) A final decision by an appropriate official of an executive agency— "(A) to debar or suspend the contractor; "(B) to rescind or void the contract; or "(C) to terminate the contract for default, by reason of the violation or failure referred to in subsection (a). "(5) A disposition of the proceeding by consent or compromise if such action could have resulted in a disposition described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4). "(c) In the case of a proceeding referred to in subsection (a) that is commenced by the United States and is resolved by consent or compromise pursuant to an agreement entered into by a contractor and the United States, the costs incurred by the contractor in connection with such proceeding that are otherwise not allowable as reimbursable costs under such subsection may be allowed to the extent specifically provided in such agreement. "(d) In the case of a proceeding referred to in subsection (a) that is Regulations. commenced by a State, the head of the executive agency that awarded the covered contract involved in the proceeding may allow the costs incurred by the contractor in connection with such proceeding as reimbursable costs if the agency head determines, under regulations prescribed by such agency head, that the costs were incurred as a result of (1) a specific term or condition of the contract, or (2) specific written instructions of the agency. "(e)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), costs incurred by a contractor in connection with a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding commenced by the United States or a State in connection with a covered contract may be allowed as reimbursable costs under the contract if such costs are not disallowable under subsection (a), but only to the extent provided in paragraph (2). "(2)(A) The amount of the costs allowable under paragraph (1) in any case may not exceed the amount equal to 80 percent of the

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