10 U.S.C. § 4705 — Notice of contract cancellation or termination relating to remote or isolated installations

(a) In General — Except as provided by subsection (c), by 30 days before the date on which the Secretary of Defense or any other official of an element of the Department of Defense cancels or terminates a contract, the Secretary must submit to Congress a notice of that cancellation or termination if that cancellation or termination involves a reduction in employment of not fewer than— (1) 50 remote or isolated installation contractor employees; or (2) 100 employees of contractors, including remote or isolated installation contractor employees. (b) Requirements — A notice described in subsection (a) must include an assessment of the effect of that cancellation or termination on members of the armed forces^*. (c) Waiver — (1) The Secretary of Defense can waive the requirements of subsection (a) about the cancellation or termination of a contract if the Secretary determines that that waiver is in the interest of national security. (2) If the Secretary waives the requirements of subsection (a) about the cancellation or termination of a contract, the Secretary must submit the notice required by that subsection about that cancellation or termination by one week after that cancellation or termination. (d) Definitions — In this section: (1) the phrase “remote or isolated installation” means a military installation (as defined in section 2801 of this title) that is a remote military installation, as determined by the Secretary under the policy required by section 565 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (10 U.S.C. 1781b note). (2) the phrase “remote or isolated installation contractor employee” means an individual who— (A) is an employee of a contractor; (B) as that an employee, provides goods or services to a remote or isolated installation; and (C) resides in the same geographic area as that remote or isolated installation.