Section, added [Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title VIII, § 801(a)(1)], Nov. 24, 2003, [117 Stat. 1538]; amended [Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title X, § 1071(a)(2)], Oct. 17, 2006, [120 Stat. 2398]; [Pub. L. 111–240, title I, § 1313(b)], Sept. 27, 2010, [124 Stat. 2539]; [Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, § 1076(d)(3)], Jan. 2, 2013, [126 Stat. 1951], related to policy and restrictions regarding consolidation of contract requirements.
A prior section 2382, acts [Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041], [70A Stat. 136]; Dec. 1, 1981, [Pub. L. 97–86, title IX, § 911(a)(1)], [95 Stat. 1120]; Nov. 5, 1990, [Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, § 1484(b)(3)], (f)(2), (g)(2), (h)(3), [104 Stat. 1716], 1717; Oct. 29, 1992, [Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, § 902(b)(1)], [106 Stat. 4516], authorized the President, upon declaration of war by Congress or declaration of national emergency by the President or by Congress, to prescribe regulations to control excessive profits on defense contracts during period of such war or national emergency, prior to repeal by [Pub. L. 103–355, title II, § 2102(a)], Oct. 13, 1994, [108 Stat. 3309].
