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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">41 U.S.C. </span><br/>
<span style="font-size:10pt">United States Code, 2007 Edition</span><br/>
<span style="font-size:10pt">Title 41 - PUBLIC CONTRACTS</span><br/>
<span style="font-size:10pt">From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, <a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a></span><br/><br/>
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<h1 class="usc-title-head">TITLE 41—PUBLIC CONTRACTS</h1>
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<div><div class="analysis-head-left">Chap.</div><div class="analysis-head-right">Sec.</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">1.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">General Provisions</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">2.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Termination of War Contracts</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">101</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">3.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Procurement of Supplies and Services by Armed Services [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">151</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">4.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Procurement Procedures</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">201</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">5.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">321</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">6.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Service Contract Labor Standards</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">351</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">7.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Office of Federal Procurement Policy</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">401</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">8.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Federal Grants and Cooperative Agreements [Repealed, See Chapter 63 of Title 31, Money and Finance]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">501</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">9.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Contract Disputes</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">601</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">10.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Drug-Free Workplace</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">701</div></div>
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<h3 class="chapter-head"><strong>CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS</strong></h3>
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<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">1 to 4a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">5.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Advertisements for proposals for purchases and contracts for supplies or services for Government departments; application to Government sales and contracts to sell and to Government corporations.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">5a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Definitions.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Advertisements for proposals for purchases and contracts for supplies or services for Government departments; limited to particular agencies under specified circumstances.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6a–1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Architect of the Capitol, exception from advertisement requirements.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6a–2.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Architect of the Capitol, authority for personal services contracts with legal entities.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6a–3.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">House of Representatives, exception from advertisement requirements.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6a–4.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Director of the Congressional Budget Office, exception from advertisement requirements.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Miscellaneous exceptions from advertisement requirements.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6c to 6<em>ll.</em></div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed or Omitted.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6mm.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Transferred.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7 to 7d.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">8.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Opening bids.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">9, 10.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed or Omitted.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">10a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">American materials required for public use.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">10b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Contracts for public works; specification for use of American materials; blacklisting contractors violating requirements.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">10b–1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Omitted.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">10b–2.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Limitation on authority to waive Buy American Act requirement.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">10b–3.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Annual report relating to Buy American Act.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">10c.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Definition of terms used in sections 10a, 10b, and 10c.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">10d.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Clarification of Congressional intent regarding sections 10a and 10b(a).</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">11.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">No contracts or purchases unless authorized or under adequate appropriation; report to the Congress.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">11a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Contracts for fuel by Secretary of the Army without regard to current fiscal year.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">12.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">No contract to exceed appropriation.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Contracts limited to one year.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">14.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Restriction on purchases of land.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">15.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Transfers of contracts; assignments; assignee not subject to reduction or setoff.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">16 to 21.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed or Omitted.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">22.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Interest of Member of Congress.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">23.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Orders or contracts for material placed with Government-owned establishments deemed obligations.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">24.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Contracts for transportation of moneys, bullion, coin, and securities.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">24a to 34.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Omitted or Repealed.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">35.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Contracts for materials, etc., exceeding $10,000; representations and stipulations.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">36.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Liability for contract breach; cancellation; completion by Government agency; employee's wages.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">37.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Distribution of list of persons breaching contract; future contracts prohibited.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">38.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Administration of Walsh-Healey provisions; officers and employees; appointment; investigations; rules and regulations.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">39.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Hearings on Walsh-Healey provisions by Secretary of Labor; witness fees; failure to obey order; punishment.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">40.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Exceptions from Walsh-Healey provisions; modification of contracts; variations; overtime; suspension of representations and stipulations.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">41.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">“Person” defined in Walsh-Healey provisions.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">42.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Effect of Walsh-Healey provisions on other laws.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">43.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Walsh-Healey provisions not applicable to certain contracts.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">43a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Administrative procedure provisions.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">43b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Manufacturers and regular dealers.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">44.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Separability of Walsh-Healey provisions.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">45.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Effective date of Walsh-Healey provisions; exception as to representations with respect to minimum wages.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">46.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">47.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Duties and powers of the Committee.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">48.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Procurement requirements for the Government; nonapplication to prison-made products.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">48a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Audit.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">48b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Definitions.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">48c.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Authorization of appropriations.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">49.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Defense employment; honorable discharge from land and naval forces as equivalent to birth certificate.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">50.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">“Defense contractor” defined.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">51.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Short title.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">52.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Definitions.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">53.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Prohibited conduct.</div></div>
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<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">55.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Civil actions.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">56.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Administrative offsets.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">57.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Contractor responsibilities.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">58.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Inspection authority.</div></div>
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<h4 class="note-head">Executive Order No. 10925</h4>
<p class="note-body">Ex. Ord. No. 10925, Mar. 6, 1961, 26 F.R. 1977, which related to nondiscrimination provisions in Government contracts and established the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, was revoked by section 403 of Ex. Ord. No. 11246, Sept. 24, 1965, 30 F.R. 12319, set out as a note under section 2000e of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§§1 to 4a. Repealed. Oct. 21, 1941, ch. 452, 55 Stat. 743</h3>
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<p class="note-body">Section 1, R.S. §512; act Feb. 4, 1929, ch. 146, §§1, 3, 45 Stat. 1147, establish a return office for filing returns of contracts made by Secretaries of War, Navy and Interior and appointed a clerk for this office.</p>
<p class="note-body">Section 2, R.S. §513, required clerk to file all returns.</p>
<p class="note-body">Section 3, R.S. §514, required clerk to keep an index book.</p>
<p class="note-body">Section 4, R.S. §515, required clerk to provide certified copies of any returns for an established fee.</p>
<p class="note-body">Section 4a, act Feb. 4, 1929, ch. 146, §§1, 3, 45 Stat. 1147, transferred returns office to General Accounting Office and imposed duties relating thereto upon Comptroller General.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§5. Advertisements for proposals for purchases and contracts for supplies or services for Government departments; application to Government sales and contracts to sell and to Government corporations</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">Unless otherwise provided in the appropriation concerned or other law, purchases and contracts for supplies or services for the Government may be made or entered into only after advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals, except (1) when the amount involved in any one case does not exceed $25,000, (2) when the public exigencies require the immediate delivery of the articles or performance of the service, (3) when only one source of supply is available and the Government purchasing or contracting officer shall so certify, or (4) when the services are required to be performed by the contractor in person and are (A) of a technical and professional nature or (B) under Government supervision and paid for on a time basis. Except (1) as authorized by section 1638 <sup><a href="#5_1_target" name="5_1">1</a></sup> of Appendix to title 50, (2) when otherwise authorized by law, or (3) when the reasonable value involved in any one case does not exceed $500, sales and contracts of sale by the Government shall be governed by the requirements of this section for advertising.</p>
<p class="statutory-body">In the case of wholly owned Government corporations, this section shall apply to their administrative transactions only.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(R.S. §3709; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 744, §9(a), (c), 60 Stat. 809; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VI, §602(f), formerly title V, §502(e), 63 Stat. 403; renumbered Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, §§6(a), (b), 8(c), 64 Stat. 583, and amended Pub. L. 85–800, §7, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 967; Pub. L. 93–356, §1, July 25, 1974, 88 Stat. 390; Pub. L. 98–191, §9(b), Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat. 1332.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">References in Text</h4>
<p class="note-body">Section 1638 of Appendix to title 50, referred to in text, was repealed by act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VI, §602(a)(1), formerly title V, §502(a)(1), 63 Stat. 399, eff. July 1, 1949, renumbered by act Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, §6(a), (b), 64 Stat. 583.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4>
<p class="note-body">R.S. §3709 derived from act Mar. 2, 1861, ch. 84, §10, 12 Stat. 220.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4>
<p class="note-body">1983—Pub. L. 98–191 substituted “$25,000” for “$10,000”.</p>
<p class="note-body">1974—Pub. L. 93–356 substituted “$10,000” for “$2,500”.</p>
<p class="note-body">1958—Pub. L. 85–800 substituted “$2,500” for “$500”.</p>
<p class="note-body">1949—Act June 30, 1949, substituted “$500” for “$100”.</p>
<p class="note-body">1946—Act Aug. 2, 1946, among other changes, inserted cls. (1), (3), and (4), and made section applicable to sales and contracts of sale by the Government, except in certain cases.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Effective Date of 1949 Amendment</h4>
<p class="note-body">Amendment by act June 30, 1949, effective July 1, 1949, see section 605, formerly section 505, of act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 403; renumbered by act Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, §6(a), (b), 64 Stat. 583.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Exemption of Functions</h4>
<p class="note-body">Functions authorized by Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, as exempt, see Ex. Ord. No. 11223, May 12, 1965, 30 F.R. 6635, set out as a note under section 2393 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.</p>
<h4 class="note-head">Section Inapplicable to Armed Services and National Aeronautics and Space Administration</h4>
<p class="note-body">Section inapplicable to procurement or sale of property or services by Armed Services and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, see section 2314 of Title 10, Armed Forces.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Repeal of Exemptions</h4>
<p class="note-body">Section 9(b) of act Aug. 2, 1946, provided: “Exemptions from section 3709, Revised Statutes [this section], in other law in amounts of $100 or less are hereby repealed.”</p>
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<p class="footnote"><a href="#5_1" name="5_1_target"><sup>1</sup> See References in Text note below.</a></p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§5a. Definitions</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">The word “department” as used in this Act shall be construed to include independent establishments, other agencies, wholly owned Government corporations (the transactions of which corporations shall be subject to the authorizations and limitations of this Act, except that section 5 of this title shall apply to their administrative transactions only), and the government of the District of Columbia, but shall not include the Senate, House of Representatives, or office of the Architect of the Capitol, or the officers or employees thereof. The words “continental United States” as used herein shall be construed to mean the forty-eight States and the District of Columbia. The word “Government” shall be construed to include the government of the District of Columbia. The word “appropriation” shall be construed as including funds made available by legislation under section 9104 of title 31.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 744, §18, 60 Stat. 811.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">References in Text</h4>
<p class="note-body">This Act, referred to in text, means act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 744, 60 Stat. 806. For complete classification of this Act to the Code see Tables.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4>
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<p class="note-body">Section was formerly classified to section 73b–4 of title 5 prior to the general revision and reenactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees by Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966 80 Stat. 378.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§6. Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §1(98)–(105), 65 Stat. 705</h3>
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<p class="note-body">Section, acts Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, §1, 54 Stat. 1109; June 28, 1941, ch. 258, titles II, III, IV, 55 Stat. 281, 289, 292, 302; June 8, 1942, ch. 396, 56 Stat. 347; July 2, 1942, ch. 472, titles II, III, IV, 56 Stat. 483, 500, 505; June 28, 1943, ch. 173, titles I, II, 57 Stat. 236, 243; June 26, 1944, ch. 277, titles I, II, 58 Stat. 351, 358; June 13, 1945, ch. 189, 59 Stat. 256; July 1, 1946, ch. 530, 60 Stat. 405; June 30, 1947, ch. 166, title II, §204, 61 Stat. 208; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, §§103, 104(a), 63 Stat. 380, which excepted from provisions of section 5 of this title a number of specified Government departments and agencies, when purchases or services were not in excess of certain specified amounts up to $500.</p>
<p class="note-body">Another provision of title III of act July 2, 1942, ch. 472, 56 Stat. 493, which also had been shown as one of the sources of this former section, made an exception with respect to purchases or services rendered for the Office of the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, when the aggregate amount involved did not exceed $100. That provision was not repealed, but, if it did not expire with that act, which was an appropriation act, it was superseded by section 5 of this title, as amended.</p>
<p class="note-body">A prior section 6, acts Feb. 27, 1893, ch. 168, 27 Stat. 485; Mar. 1, 1899, ch. 325, 30 Stat. 957; Mar. 2, 1911, ch. 192, 36 Stat. 975; May 18, 1916, ch. 125, 39 Stat. 126; Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, 40 Stat. 1262; May 29, 1920, ch. 214, 41 Stat. 677; June 12, 1922, ch. 218, 42 Stat. 638; Feb. 13, 1923, ch. 72, 42 Stat. 1244; Feb. 15, 1934, ch. 13, 48 Stat. 351, related to exceptions to the requirements of section 5 of this title, prior to repeal by act Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, §4, 54 Stat. 1111. See sections 5, 6a, and 6b of this title.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§6a. Advertisements for proposals for purchases and contracts for supplies or services for Government departments; limited to particular agencies under specified circumstances</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">Section 5 of this title shall not be construed to apply under any appropriation Act to the following departments and independent offices under the circumstances specified herein:</p>
<p class="statutory-body">(a) American Battle Monuments Commission—to any leases in foreign countries for office or garage space.</p>
<p class="statutory-body">(b) to (e) Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §1(107), 65 Stat. 705.</p>
<p class="statutory-body">(f) The Bureau of Interparliamentary Union for Promotion of International Arbitration—to stenographic reporting services by contract if deemed necessary.</p>
<p class="statutory-body">(g) Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §1(107), 65 Stat. 705.</p>
<p class="statutory-body">(h) Department of State—when the purchase or service relates to the packing of personal and household effects of Diplomatic, Consular, and Foreign Service officers and clerks for foreign shipment.</p>
<p class="statutory-body">(i) Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §1(107), 65 Stat. 705.</p>
<p class="statutory-body">(j) The International Committee of Aerial Legal Experts—to stenographic and other service by contract as deemed necessary.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(June 12, 1917, ch. 27, 40 Stat. 144; May 13, 1926, ch. 294, 44 Stat. 547; Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, §2, 54 Stat. 1110; June 28, 1941, ch. 259, 55 Stat. 344; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §§1(106)–(108), 3(8), (9), 4(9), 65 Stat. 705, 708, 709; Pub. L. 85–75, July 1, 1957, 71 Stat. 251.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4>
<p class="note-body">Opening par., and subsecs. (a), (f), (h), and (j) of this section are from act Oct. 10, 1940, §2, opening par., and pars. (a), (f), and (j). Remainder of paragraphs of section 2 were repealed. See 1951 amendment note set out under this section.</p>
<p class="note-body">Subsec. (<em>o</em>) of this section, which was from Act May 13, 1926, ch. 294, §1, 44 Stat. 547, made section 5 of this title inapplicable to the Architect of the Capitol in the purchase of supplies and equipment and procurement of services when the aggregate amount thereof did not exceed $1,000 in any instance and was omitted as superseded by section 6a–1 of this title.</p>
<p class="note-body">Subsec. (p) of this section, which was from act June 12, 1917, ch. 27, §1, 40 Stat. 144, made section 5 of this title inapplicable to expenditures not exceeding $50 by the United States Geological Survey and was repealed by act Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, §1(106), 65 Stat. 705.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Prior Provisions</h4>
<p class="note-body">A prior section 6a, acts Jan. 25, 1929, ch. 102, title IV, 45 Stat. 1136; Apr. 18, 1930, ch. 184, title IV, 46 Stat. 215; Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 280, title IV, 46 Stat. 1352; July 1, 1932, ch. 361, title IV, 47 Stat. 520; Mar. 1, 1933, ch. 144, title IV, 47 Stat. 1409; Apr. 7, 1934, ch. 104, title IV, 48 Stat. 568; Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 39, §1, 49 Stat. 102; May 15, 1936, ch. 405, 49 Stat. 1347; June 16, 1937, ch. 359, title IV, 50 Stat. 298; Apr. 27, 1938, ch. 180, title IV, 52 Stat. 285; June 29, 1939, ch. 249, 53 Stat. 921; June 26, 1940, ch. 428, title I, 54 Stat. 575, excepted Department of Labor from the provisions of section 5 of this title, prior to repeal by act Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, §4, 54 Stat. 1111.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4>
<p class="note-body">1957—Subsec. (<em>o</em>). Pub. L. 85–75 substituted “$1,000” for “$500”.</p>
<p class="note-body">1951—Subsec. (a). Act Oct. 31, 1951, §3(8), struck out “to any purchases when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $500, nor” before “to any leases”.</p>
<p class="note-body">Subsec. (b). Act Oct. 31, 1951, §1(107), repealed subsec. (b) which related to Botanic Garden.</p>
<p class="note-body">Subsec. (c). Act Oct. 31, 1951, §1(107), repealed subsec. (c) which also related to Botanic Garden.</p>
<p class="note-body">Subsec. (d). Act Oct. 31, 1951, §1(107), repealed subsec. (d) which related to Bureau of the Budget.</p>
<p class="note-body">Subsec. (e). Act Oct. 31, 1951, §1(107), repealed subsec. (e) which related to Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.</p>
<p class="note-body">Subsec. (g). Act Oct. 31, 1951, §1(107), repealed subsec. (g) which related to Department of the Interior.</p>
<p class="note-body">Subsec. (h). Act Oct. 31, 1951, §3(9), struck out “to any purchase or service when the aggregate amount does not exceed $100, or with respect to articles, materials, or supplies for use outside the United States when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $300; or” before “when the purchase”.</p>
<p class="note-body">Subsec. (i). Act Oct. 31, 1951, §1(107), repealed subsec. (i) which related to Federal Communications Commission.</p>
<p class="note-body">Subsec. (k). Act Oct. 31, 1951, §1(107), repealed subsec. (k) which related to Medical Department of the Army.</p>
<p class="note-body">Subsec. (<em>l</em>). Act Oct. 31, 1951, §1(107), repealed subsec. (<em>l</em>) which related to Social Security Board.</p>
<p class="note-body">Subsec. (m). Act Oct. 31, 1951, §1(107), repealed subsec. (m) which related to Bureau of Mines.</p>
<p class="note-body">Subsec. (n). Act Oct. 31, 1951, §1(107), repealed subsec. (n) which related to Bureau of Reclamation.</p>
<p class="note-body">Subsec. (<em>o</em>). Act Oct. 31, 1951, §4(9), increased the maximum from $200 to $500.</p>
<p class="note-body">1941—Subsec. (m). Act June 28, 1941, reaffirmed provision respecting Bureau of Mines.</p>
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<p class="note-body">Section 1(106) of act Oct. 31, 1951, repealed the proviso in act June 12, 1917, cited as a credit to this section, which excepted expenditures not exceeding $50 by the United States Geological Survey from section 5 of this title.</p>
<p class="note-body">Section 4(a) of act Oct. 10, 1940, provided for repeal of all prior laws, which are covered by that act and that any rights or liabilities existing under those repealed sections or parts of sections shall not be affected by their repeal.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Leases for Foreign Service Offices</h4>
<p class="note-body">Provisions contained in annual appropriation acts for the Department of State authorizing the Secretary of State to enter into leases for Foreign Service offices and grounds for periods not exceeding ten years without regard to section 5 of this title were made permanent, and are covered by section 2670 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Bureau of Employees’ Compensation</h4>
<p class="note-body">Section 5 of this title not applicable to any purchase or service of the Bureau of Employees’ Compensation outside continental United States when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $500 under acts July 8, 1947, ch. 210, title II, 61 Stat. 264; June 14, 1948, ch. 465, title II, 62 Stat. 396; June 29, 1949, ch. 275, title II, 63 Stat. 284. This Bureau, with its functions, transferred from Federal Security Agency to Department of Labor by Reorg. Plan No. 19, of 1950, §1, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1271, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Government-Owned Furniture Removed to Washington, D.C.</h4>
<p class="note-body">Act July 30, 1947, ch. 359, title I, 61 Stat. 594, provided in part: “That removal to the seat of government of Government-owned or leased furniture, equipment, supplies, and other property and household goods and personal effects of employees, and costs of restoration of leased office space when required, may be accomplished without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes [section 5 of this title]”.</p>
<h4 class="note-head">Section Inapplicable to Armed Services and National Aeronautics and Space Administration</h4>
<p class="note-body">Section inapplicable to procurement or sale of property or services by Armed Services and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, see section 2314 of Title 10, Armed Forces.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§6a–1. Architect of the Capitol, exception from advertisement requirements</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">On and after July 27, 1965, the purchase of supplies and equipment and the procurement of services for all branches under the Architect of the Capitol may be made in the open market without compliance with section 5 of this title in the manner common among businessmen, when the aggregate amount of the purchase or the service does not exceed $25,000 in any instance.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(Pub. L. 89–90, July 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 276; Pub. L. 93–356, §2, July 25, 1974, 88 Stat. 390; Pub. L. 98–191, §9(c), Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat. 1332.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Prior Provisions</h4>
<p class="note-body">A prior section 6a–1, acts June 25, 1910, ch. 431, §23, 36 Stat. 861; May 18, 1916, ch. 125, §1, 39 Stat. 126; Jan. 12, 1927, ch. 27, 44 Stat. 936, related to purchase of Indian supplies, prior to repeal by act Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, §4, 54 Stat. 1111.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Amendments</h4>
<p class="note-body">1983—Pub. L. 98–191 substituted “$25,000” for “$10,000”.</p>
<p class="note-body">1974—Pub. L. 93–356 substituted “$10,000” for “$2,500”.</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§6a–2. Architect of the Capitol, authority for personal services contracts with legal entities</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Architect of the Capitol is authorized to contract for personal services with any firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity in the same manner as he is authorized to contract for personal services with individuals under the provisions of section 5 of this title.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(Pub. L. 96–558, Dec. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 3263.)</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§6a–3. House of Representatives, exception from advertisement requirements</h3>
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<p class="statutory-body">Section 5 of this title does not apply to purchases and contracts for supplies or services for any office of the House of Representatives in any fiscal year.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, §104, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 354.)</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§6a–4. Director of the Congressional Budget Office, exception from advertisement requirements</h3>
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<h4 class="subsection-head">(a) Exception</h4>
<p class="statutory-body">The Director of the Congressional Budget Office may enter into agreements or contracts without regard to section 5 of this title.</p>
<h4 class="subsection-head">(b) Effective Date</h4>
<p class="statutory-body">This section shall apply to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, §1102, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 370.)</p>
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<h3 class="section-head">§6b. Miscellaneous exceptions from advertisement requirements</h3>
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<h4 class="subsection-head">(a) Control of insects, pests, and grass diseases</h4>
<p class="statutory-body">Materials and equipment for the control of incipient or emergency outbreaks of insects, pests, or grass diseases, including grasshoppers, Mormon crickets, and chinch bugs, may be procured with any sums appropriated to carry out the provisions of sections 148 to 148e <sup><a href="#6b_1_target" name="6b_1">1</a></sup> of title 7 without regard to the provisions of section 5 of this title, and the transportation thereof may be under such conditions and means as shall be determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be most advantageous.</p>
<h4 class="subsection-head">(b) Omitted</h4>
<h4 class="subsection-head">(c) Operations on Menominee Indian Reservation</h4>
<p class="statutory-body">All contracts for labor or supplies necessary for the carrying on of operations on the Menominee Indian Reservation pursuant to the Act of March 28, 1908 (35 Stat. 51), as amended, shall be exempt from the requirements of section 5 of this title.</p>
<h4 class="subsection-head">(d) Sale of Indian produced forest products</h4>
<p class="statutory-body">The lumber and other forest products produced by Indian enterprises from the forests on Indian reservations may be sold under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may <!-- PDFPage:5 -->prescribe, without compliance with section 5 of this title.</p>
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<p class="source-credit">(June 24, 1940, ch. 412, 54 Stat. 504; Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, §3, 54 Stat. 1111.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">References in Text</h4>
<p class="note-body">Sections 148 to 148e of title 7, referred to in subsec. (a), were repealed. Sections 148, 148a, and 148c to 148e were repealed by Pub. L. 106–224, title IV, §438(a)(6), June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 454, and section 148b was repealed by Act Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, §4, 54 Stat. 1111.</p>
<p class="note-body">Act of March 28, 1908 (35 Stat. 51), referred to in subsec. (c), probably means act Mar. 28, 1908, ch. 111, 35 Stat. 51, which is not classified to the Code.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Codification</h4>
<p class="note-body">Subsecs. (a) to (c) are from act Oct. 10, 1940. Subsec. (b), which related to obligations of Civilian Conservation Corps, was omitted because the Corps was liquidated June 30, 1944.</p>
<p class="note-body">Subsec. (d) is from act June 24, 1940, which was formerly classified to section 6mm of this title.</p>
<p class="note-body">Subsec. (e), which related to the employment of experts or consultants in the Canal Zone, was from the General Government Matters Appropriation Act, 1962, Pub. L. 87–125, title III, §301, Aug. 3, 1961, 75 Stat. 279, and was omitted as not repeated in subsequent appropriation acts. Provisions similar to former subsec. (e) were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:</p>
<p class="note-body">May 13, 1960, Pub. L. 86–451, title II, §201, 74 Stat. 101.</p>
<p class="note-body">July 13, 1959, Pub. L. 86–88, title II, §201, 73 Stat. 208.</p>
<p class="note-body">June 25, 1958, Pub. L. 85–469, title II, §203, 72 Stat. 236.</p>
<p class="note-body">June 13, 1957, Pub. L. 85–52, title II, §203, 71 Stat. 79, as amended Mar. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85–352, ch. II, §201, 72 Stat. 52.</p>
<p class="note-body">June 20, 1956, ch. 415, title II, §203, 70 Stat. 324.</p>
<p class="note-body">June 30, 1955, ch. 253, title II, §203, 69 Stat. 236.</p>
<p class="note-body">June 30, 1954, ch. 425, §104, 68 Stat. 335.</p>
<p class="note-body">July 27, 1953, ch. 245, §104, 67 Stat. 202.</p>
<p class="note-body">July 11, 1952, ch. 669, §104, 66 Stat. 584.</p>
<p class="note-body">Oct. 24, 1951, ch. 556, §104, 65 Stat. 622.</p>
<p class="note-body">Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, Ch. IX, §103, 64 Stat. 730.</p>
<p class="note-body">Oct. 13, 1949, ch. 688, §4, 63 Stat. 852.</p>
<p class="note-body">June 25, 1948, ch. 655, §4, 62 Stat. 1026.</p>
<p class="note-body">July 31, 1947, ch. 411, §4, 61 Stat. 694.</p>
<p class="note-body">May 2, 1946, ch. 247, §4, 60 Stat. 167.</p>
<p class="note-body">Mar. 31, 1945, ch. 45, §4, 59 Stat. 45.</p>
<p class="note-body">June 26, 1944, ch. 275, §4, 58 Stat. 333.</p>
<p class="note-body">June 2, 1943, ch. 115, §4, 57 Stat. 99.</p>
<p class="note-body">Apr. 28, 1942, ch. 246, §5, 56 Stat. 225.</p>
<p class="note-body">June 24, 1940, ch. 412, 54 Stat. 504.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Prior Provisions</h4>
<p class="note-body">A prior section 6b, acts Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 281, 46 Stat. 1363; June 30, 1932, ch. 330, 47 Stat. 460; June 16, 1933, ch. 101, 48 Stat. 292; Mar. 28, 1934, ch. 102, title I, 48 Stat. 514; Feb. 2, 1935, ch. 3, 49 Stat. 11; Mar. 19, 1936, ch. 156, 49 Stat. 1173; June 28, 1937, ch. 396, 50 Stat. 336; May 23, 1938, ch. 259, 52 Stat. 418; Mar. 16, 1939, ch. 11, 53 Stat. 532; Apr. 18, 1940, ch. 107, 54 Stat. 131, excepted General Accounting Office from provisions of section 5 of this title, prior to repeal by act Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, §4, 54 Stat. 1111.</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Transfer of Functions</h4>
<p class="note-body">Functions of all officers, agencies and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, §1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Governm…
