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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 35: Research and Development Contracting

FAR 35.017-7 Limitation on the creation of new FFRDC's.

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 limits when certain agencies can spend appropriated Department of Defense funds to operate a new Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) that did not exist before June 2, 1986. Before such funds may be obligated or expended, the agency head must submit a report to Congress describing the center's purpose, mission, and general scope of effort, and a 60-day period beginning when Congress receives the report must elapse.

Applies to: Certain agency heads, including the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments, regarding operation of new FFRDCs

What it requires

  • Submit a report to Congress describing the center's purpose, mission, and general scope of effort
  • Wait until a 60-day period beginning when Congress receives the report has elapsed before obligating or expending funds

Key terms: FFRDC · obligate · expend · report to Congress · 60-day period

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

The text

Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 4126, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration may not obligate or expend amounts appropriated to the Department of Defense for purposes of operating an FFRDC that was not in existence before June 2, 1986, until—

(a) The head of the agency submits to Congress a report with respect to such center that describes the purpose, mission, and general scope of effort of the center; and

(b) A period of 60 days, beginning on the date such report is received by Congress, has elapsed.

← 35.017-6 Master list of FFRDC's.

Rule changes for FAR Part 35

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

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