In 1974, Congress changed this provision to read: Any contract in the amount of $10,000 or more entered into by any department or agency for the procurement of personal property and non-personal services (including construction) for the United States, shall contain a provision requiring that the party contracting with the United States shall take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era. . . . In addition to requiring affirmative action to employ such veterans under such contracts and 8 Originally designated 42 U.S.C. § 2012, this provision was renumbered as § 4212 in 1991. Pub.