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 104 STAT. 1616 PUBLIC LAW 101-510—NOV. 5, 1990 the Secretary of Defense. Each such report shall be available to any member of Congress upon request. "(8) This subsection applies to the agencies named in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of section 2303(a) of this title. "(9) The head of an agency may not delegate responsibilities under this subsection to any person in a position below level IV of the Executive Schedule. "(10) In this subsection, the term 'remedy coordination official', with respect to an agency, means the person or entity in that agency who coordinates within that agency the administration of criminal, civil, administrative, and contractual remedies resulting from investigations of fraud or corruption related to procurement activities.". (b) INFORMATION FROM CONTRACTOR. — Subsection (e)(1) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: "The contractor shall provide such information and evidence as the Secretary of Defense determines necessary to permit the Secretary to carry out the preceding sentence.". 10 USC 2307 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE. —Section 2307(f) of title 10, United States note. Code, and the second sentence of section 2307(e)(l) of such title, as added by subsections (a) and (b), shall apply with respect to contracts entered into after the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 837. DEFENSE CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOYEES WHO COMMUNICATE WITH GOVERNMENT OFFI- CIALS (a) DEFENSE (DONTRACTOR REQUIREMENT. —(1) Chapter 141 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2409 the following new section: "§ 2409a. Communicating with Government officials: defense contractor requirement to prohibit retaliatory personnel actions "(a) REGULATIONS. — (1) The Secretary shall promulgate regulations contedning the requirements described in subsections (b), (c), and (d) and such other provisions as the Secretary considers necessary to administer such requirements. Such regulations shall require that each contract described in paragraph (2) contain a clause requiring the contractor to comply with such regulations. "(2) The regulations shall apply to each contract entered into by a contractor and the Department of Defense for an amount greater than $500,000, except that the regulations shall not apply to any contract in which the price is based solely on established catalog or market prices of commercial items sold in substantial quantities to the genergJ public. "(b) PROHIBITION.— The regulations promulgated under this section shall prohibit a defense contractor from discharging or otherwise discriminating against any employee with respect to such employee's compensation or terms and conditions of employment because the employee (or any person acting pursuant to a request of the employee) discloses to an appropriate Government official information concerning a contract between the defense contractor and the Department of Defense which the employee reasonably believes evidences a violation of any Federal law or regulation relating to Department of Defense procurement or the subject matter of the contract.

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