222.7000  Scope of subpart.

(a)  This subpart implements Section 8071 of the Fiscal Year 2000 Defense Appropriations Act, Pub. L. 106-79, and similar sections in subsequent Defense Appropriations Acts.

(b)  This subpart applies only-

(1)  To construction and service contracts to be performed in whole or in part within a noncontiguous State; and

(2)  When the unemployment rate in the noncontiguous State is in excess of the national average rate of unemployment as determined by the Secretary of Labor.