of property or services, including construction, valued in excess of $1,000,000. (2) Covered subcontractor The term covered subcontractor means a subcontractor listed in the bid for a covered contract or known by the Department of Defense to be a subcontractor of the offeror. 831. Department of Defense promotion of contractor compliance with existing law It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Department of Defense should aim to ensure that parties contracting with the Federal Government abide by existing law, including worker protection laws