; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (ii) Past performance information for DOD contracts The contracting officer for a covered contract awarded by the Department of Defense may enter or modify past performance information of the prime contractor in connection with the unjustified failure to make a full or timely payment to a subcontractor before or after close-out of the covered contract. . (c) Duty of cooperation to correct and mitigate unjustified failure by Department of Defense prime contractors to make full or timely payments to subcontractors Section 8(d)(13) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 637(d)(13) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: (E) Cooperation on DOD contracts (i) In general If a contracting officer of the Department of Defense determines, with respect to a prime contractor’s past performance, that there was an unjustified failure by the prime contractor on a covered contract awarded by the Department of Defense to make a full or timely payment to a subcontractor covered by subparagraph (B) or (C), such prime contractor is required to cooperate with the contracting officer, who shall consult with the Director of Small Business Programs or Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization acting pursuant to section 15(k)(6) and other representatives of the Department of Defense, with regards to correcting and mitigating such unjustified failure to make a full or timely payment to the subcontractor. (ii) Period The duty of cooperation under this subparagraph continues until the subcontractor is made whole or the contracting officer’s determination is no longer effective, and regardless of performance or close-out status of the covered contract.