{"identifier":"/us/usc/t41/s1127","title":41,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1127.","heading":"Determining benchmark compensation amount","text":"\u00a7\u202f1127.\nDetermining benchmark compensation amount\n(a)\nDefinitions.\u2014\nIn this section:\n(1)\nBenchmark compensation amount.\u2014\nThe term \u201cbenchmark compensation amount\u201d, for a fiscal year, is the median amount of the compensation provided for all senior executives of all benchmark corporations for the most recent year for which data is available at the time the determination under subsection (b) is made.\n(2)\nBenchmark corporation.\u2014\nThe term \u201cbenchmark corporation\u201d, with respect to a fiscal year, means a publicly-owned United States corporation that has annual sales in excess of $50,000,000 for the fiscal year.\n(3)\nCompensation.\u2014\nThe term \u201ccompensation\u201d, for a fiscal year, means the total amount of wages, salary, bonuses, and deferred compensation for the fiscal year, whether paid, earned, or otherwise accruing, as recorded in an employer\u2019s cost accounting records for the fiscal year.\n(4)\nFiscal year.\u2014\nThe term \u201cfiscal year\u201d means a fiscal year a contractor establishes for accounting purposes.\n(5)\nPublicly-owned united states corporation.\u2014\nThe term \u201cpublicly-owned United States corporation\u201d means a corporation\u2014\n(A) organized under the laws of a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or a possession of the United States; and\n(B) whose voting stock is publicly traded.\n(6)\nSenior executives.\u2014\nThe term \u201csenior executives\u201d, with respect to a contractor, means the 5 most highly compensated employees in management positions at each home office and each segment of the contractor.\n(b)\nDetermining Benchmark Compensation Amount.\u2014\nFor purposes of\nsection 4304(a)(16) of this title\nsection 3744(a)(16) of title 10","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t41/s1127.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s1127","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1127."},{"t":"heading","text":"Determining benchmark compensation amount"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s1127/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s1127/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Benchmark compensation amount.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201cbenchmark compensation amount\u201d, for a fiscal year, is the median amount of the compensation provided for all senior executives of all benchmark corporations for the most recent year for which data is available at the time the determination under subsection (b) is made.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s1127/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Benchmark corporation.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201cbenchmark corporation\u201d, with respect to a fiscal year, means a publicly-owned United States corporation that has annual sales in excess of $50,000,000 for the fiscal year.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s1127/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Compensation.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201ccompensation\u201d, for a fiscal year, means the total amount of wages, salary, bonuses, and deferred compensation for the fiscal year, whether paid, earned, or otherwise accruing, as recorded in an employer\u2019s cost accounting records for the fiscal year.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s1127/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Fiscal year.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201cfiscal year\u201d means a fiscal year a contractor establishes for accounting purposes.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s1127/a/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Publicly-owned united states corporation.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The term \u201cpublicly-owned United States corporation\u201d means a corporation\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t41/s1127/a/5/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" organized under the laws of a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or a possession of the United States; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t41/s1127/a/5/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" whose voting stock is publicly traded.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t41/s1127/a/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Senior executives.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"The term \u201csenior executives\u201d, with respect to a contractor, means the 5 most highly compensated employees in management positions at each home office and each segment of the contractor.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s1127/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Determining Benchmark Compensation Amount.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"For purposes of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 4304(a)(16) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t41/s4304/a/16","tail":" and "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 3744(a)(16) of title 10","href":"/us/usc/t10/s3744/a/16","tail":", the Administrator shall review commercially available surveys of executive compensation and, on the basis of the results of the review, determine a benchmark compensation amount to apply for each fiscal year. In making determinations under this subsection, the Administrator shall consult with the Director of the Defense Contract Audit Agency and other officials of executive agencies as the Administrator considers appropriate."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}