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FAR 1.303 Publication and codification.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section explains how agency-wide acquisition regulations must be published and organized. They must appear in the Federal Register, be codified in Title 48 of the CFR, and follow the FAR's format and numbering. It matters to contractors because it tells you where and how agency-specific rules are officially published and numbered.

Applies to: Agency-wide acquisition regulations and their issuances

What it requires

  • Publish agency-wide acquisition regulations in the Federal Register as required by law
  • Codify them under an assigned chapter in Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations
  • Make them parallel the FAR in format, arrangement, and numbering system
  • Number and title coverage implementing a FAR part, subpart, section, or subsection to correspond to the appropriate FAR number and title

Key terms: Federal Register · Title 48, Code of Federal Regulations · FAR · agency acquisition regulation · supplementary material

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) Agency-wide acquisition regulations shall be published in the Federal Register as required by law, shall be codified under an assigned chapter in Title 48, Code of Federal Regulations, and shall parallel the FAR in format, arrangement, and numbering system (but see 1.104-1(c)). Coverage in an agency acquisition regulation that implements a specific part, subpart, section, or subsection of the FAR shall be numbered and titled to correspond to the appropriate FAR number and title. Supplementary material for which there is no counterpart in the FAR shall be codified using chapter, part, subpart, section, or subsection numbers of 70 and up (e.g., for the Department of Interior, whose assigned chapter number in Title 48 is 14, part 1470, subpart 1401.70, section 1401.370, or subsection 1401.301-70.)

(b) Issuances under 1.301(a)(2) need not be published in the Federal Register.

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

  • 4.2301 Definitions.
  • 4.2303 FASCSA orders.
  • 52.101 Using part 52.
  • 52.204-28 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Federal Supply Schedules, Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts, and Multi-Agency Contracts.
  • 52.204-30 Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act Orders—Prohibition.

← 1.302 Limitations. · 1.304 Agency control and compliance procedures. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 1

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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