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- Contract_adjustment_board abstract "In government contracting, a Contract Adjustment Board is a department board at the Secretariat level which deals with disputes and requests for extraordinary relief under Public Law 85-804 of Aug. 28, 1958.In brief:Public Law No. 85-804, codified at 50 U.S.C. § 1431-35 (Supp. IV 1998), grants to the President the authority to authorize any agency which exercises functions in connection with the national defense to enter into contracts or into amendments or modifications of contracts, and to make advance payments, without regard to other applicable legal provisions whenever such action would facilitate the national defense. 50 U.S.C. § 1431. The legislative history of the statute indicates that it may also be used as the basis for making indemnity payments under certain government contracts, the so-called "residual powers. " ECR Current Materials at 1005, 1021. The legislative history explains that "[t]he need for indemnity clauses in most cases arises from the advent of nuclear power and the use of highly volatile fuels in the missile program. The magnitude of the risks involved under procurement contracts in these areas have rendered commercial insurance either unavailable or limited in coverage."For example:The Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force each have a contract adjustment board.The NASA Contract Adjustment Board considers requests by NASA contractors for equitable contractual relief.In the U.S. Department of Transportation, a "Board of Contract Appeals" is responsible for hearings and decisions on appeals from decisions of departmental contracting officers; when sitting as the Contract Adjustment Board it acts on petitions for extraordinary contractual relief under Public Law 85-804.The 1983 FEMA regulations for "Extraordinary Contractual Adjustment Procedures", established pursuant to Pub. L. 85-804 and Executive Order 10789 and "to supplement that part of the Federal Procurement Regulations dealing with extraordinary actions to facilitate the national defense (41 CFR 1-17)", provides that:As cases arise under the Act, the Director of FEMA shall appoint, as needed, a FEMA Contract Adjustment Board consisting of one senior staff member, not otherwise involved with the action under consideration, from each of the following offices:(1) Acquisition Management,(2) General Counsel,(3) Comptroller.The Board shall prescribe its own procedures and has power to do all acts and things necessary or appropriate for the conduct of their functions. The decisions of the Board shall be final but each Board may reconsider, modify, correct or reverse any of its previous decisions.Most agency boards of contract appeals have a Web site, including the most prominent board, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, www.law.gwu.edu/ASBCA/, which hears appeals from the DOD, NASA and other agencies by agreement.".
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- Contract_adjustment_board comment "In government contracting, a Contract Adjustment Board is a department board at the Secretariat level which deals with disputes and requests for extraordinary relief under Public Law 85-804 of Aug. 28, 1958.In brief:Public Law No. 85-804, codified at 50 U.S.C. § 1431-35 (Supp.".
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