### Question
Can you define what covered contractor means?


### Answer
**Covered contractor** is defined as the following in *22 U.S.C. § 2679e*:

> a provider of telecommunications, telecommunications equipment, or information technology equipment, including hardware, software, or services, that has knowingly assisted or facilitated a cyber attack or conducted surveillance, including passive or active monitoring, carried out against—


(1) the United States by, or on behalf of, any government, or persons associated with such government, listed as a cyber threat actor in the intelligence community's 2017 assessment of worldwide threats to United States national security or any subsequent worldwide threat assessment of the intelligence community

#### Citation:
  - *22 U.S.C. § 2679e*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 38-DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

