---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 22.1605"
title: "48"
number: "22.1605"
heading: "Contract clause."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/22.1605"
---

# §22.1605. Contract clause.

- (a) Insert the clause at 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights under the National Labor Relations Act, in all solicitations and contracts, including acquisitions for commercial products, commercial services, and commercially available off-the-shelf items, except acquisitions—
  - (1) **Under the simplified acquisition threshold.** For indefinite-quantity contracts, include the clause only if the value of orders in any calendar year of the contract is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold;
  - (2) For work performed exclusively outside the United States; or
  - (3) **Covered (in their entirety) by an exemption granted by the Secretary.**
- (b) A contracting agency may modify the clause at 52.222-40, if necessary, to reflect an exemption granted by the Secretary (see 22.1603(b)).

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 5347, Jan. 18, 2001, as amended at 86 FR 61028, Nov. 4, 2021]

### Source

Source: 75 FR 77725, Dec. 13, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42258, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[66 FR 5347, Jan. 18, 2001, as amended at 86 FR 61028, Nov. 4, 2021]