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49 sections with “41 U.S.C. chapter 21”: the first 40

  • FAR 3.104-7 Violations or possible violations.
    …cting officer who receives or obtains information of a violation or possible violation of 41 U.S.C. 2102, 2103, or 2104 (see 3.104-3) must determine if the reported violation or possible violation has any impact on the pending award or sele…
  • FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …made only by written agreement of the parties. (d) Disputes. This contract is subject to 41 U.S.C. chapter 71, Contract Disputes. Failure of the parties to this contract to reach agreement on any request for equitable adjustment, claim, ap…
  • DFARS 215.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    (b) Exceptions to certified cost or pricing data requirements. (i) Follow the procedures at PGI 215.403-1(b). (ii) Submission of certified cost or pricing data shall not be required in the case of a contract, subcontract, or modification o…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …cing data are required to be certified in certain procurements (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35). Change-of-name agreement means a legal instrument executed by the contractor and the Government that recognizes the legal chan…
  • FAR 3.104-8 Criminal and civil penalties, and further administrative remedies.
    …inal and civil penalties, and administrative remedies, may apply to conduct that violates 41 U.S.C. chapter 21 (see 3.104-3). See 33.102(f) for special rules regarding bid protests. See 3.104-7 for administrative remedies relating to contra…
  • FAR 6.302-5 Authorized or required by statute.
    (a) Authority. (1) Citations: 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(5) or 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(5). (2) Full and open competition need not be provided for when— (i) A statute expressly authorizes or requires that the acquisition be made through another agency or…
  • FAR 12.503 Applicability of certain laws to Executive agency contracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …with Entities Not Meeting Veterans' Employment Reporting Requirements (see 22.1302). (3) 41 U.S.C. 1708(e)(3), Minimum Response Time for Offers (see 5.203). (4) 41 U.S.C. 2303(b), Policy on Personal Conflicts of Interest by Contractor Emp…
  • FAR 12.504 Applicability of certain laws to subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …labor surplus areas under the Small Business Act (see subpart 19.2). (3) [Reserved] (4) 41 U.S.C. chapter 65, Contracts for Materials, Supplies, Articles, and Equipment Exceeding $10,000 (see subpart 22.6). (5) 41 U.S.C. 4703, Validation…
  • FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …ictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (JUN 2020), with Alternate I (NOV 2021) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 4655). __(2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (NOV 2021) (41 U.S.C. 3509). __(3) 52.203-15, Wh…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    … or Executive order: (i) 52.203-17, Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights (NOV 2023) (41 U.S.C. 4712); this clause does not apply to contracts of DoD, NASA, the Coast Guard, or applicable elements of the intelligence community—see FAR 3…
  • FAR 52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards.
    … executive, administrative, or professional capacity, as these terms are defined in part 541 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, as revised. It includes all such persons regardless of any contractual relationship that may be alleged t…
  • FAR 52.233-1 Disputes.
    …3.215, insert the following clause: Disputes (MAY 2014) (a) This contract is subject to 41 U.S.C. chapter 71, Contract Disputes. (b) Except as provided in 41 U.S.C. chapter 71, all disputes arising under or relating to this contract shal…
  • DFARS 212.301 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses for the acquisition of commercial products and commercial services.
    …vered Defense Information Controls, as prescribed in 204.7304(a), to comply with section 941 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Pub. L. 112-239) and section 1632 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis…
  • FAR 3.104-1 Definitions.
    …s defined by 10 U.S.C. 3701(1)) with respect to procurements subject to that section, and 41 U.S.C. 3501(a)(1), with respect to procurements subject to that section. (2) Indirect costs and direct labor rates. (3) Proprietary information a…
  • FAR 3.104-2 General.
    (a) This section implements 41 U.S.C. chapter 21, Restrictions on Obtaining and Disclosing Certain Information. Agency supplementation of 3.104, including specific definitions to identify individuals who occupy positions specified in 3.104-…
  • FAR 22.1003-4 Administrative limitations, variations, tolerances, and exemptions.
    …and from any or all provisions of the Service Contract Labor Standards statute other than 41 U.S.C. 6707(f). These will be made only in special circumstances where it has been determined that the limitation, variation, tolerance, or exempti…
  • FAR 3.104-4 Disclosure, protection, and marking of contractor bid or proposal information and source selection information.
    …curement and notify the recipient that the disclosure of the information is restricted by 41 U.S.C. chapter 21; (2) The withholding of information from, or restricting its receipt by, the Comptroller General in the course of a protest agai…
  • FAR 3.703 Authority.
    …ority under the Act to the heads of the executive agencies and military departments. (b) 41 U.S.C. 2105(c) requires a Federal agency, upon receiving information that a contractor or a person has violated 41 U.S.C. 2102, to consider resciss…
  • FAR 15.207 Handling proposals and information.
    …e selection process. (See 3.104 regarding the disclosure of source selection information (41 U.S.C. chapter 21, Restrictions on Obtaining and Disclosing Certain Information)). Information received in response to an RFI shall be safeguarded …
  • FAR 52.222-55 Minimum Wages for Contractor Workers Under Executive Order 14026.
    … Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. chapter 8), the Service Contract Labor Standards statute (41 U.S.C. chapter 67), or the Wage Rate Requirements (Construction) statute (40 U.S.C. chapter 31, subchapter IV); (B) Other than individuals employe…
  • FAR 52.222-62 Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706.
    …e wages under such contract are governed by the Service Contract Labor Standards statute (41 U.S.C. chapter 67), the Wage Rate Requirements (Construction) statute (40 U.S.C. chapter 31, subchapter IV), or the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.…
  • FAR 52.244-6 Subcontracts for Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …cial services: (i) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (NOV 2021) (41 U.S.C. 3509), if the subcontract exceeds the threshold specified in FAR 3.1004(a) on the date of subcontract award, and has a performance period of…
  • DFARS 252.225-7040 Contractor Personnel Supporting U.S. Armed Forces Deployed Outside the United States.
    … Act of 2000 (18 U.S.C. 3621, et seq.); (ii) Pursuant to the War Crimes Act (18 U.S.C. 2441), Federal criminal jurisdiction also extends to conduct that is determined to constitute a war crime when committed by a civilian national of the U…
  • FAR 1.109 Statutory acquisition-related dollar thresholds—adjustment for inflation.
    (a) 41 U.S.C. 1908 requires that the FAR Council periodically adjust all statutory acquisition-related dollar thresholds in the FAR for inflation, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section. This adjustment is calculated every 5 ye…
  • FAR 22.001 Definitions.
    …services in the United States through the use of service employees, except as exempted by 41 U.S.C. chapter 67, Service Contract Labor Standards; see 22.1003-3 and 22.1003-4. See 22.1003-5 and 29 CFR 4.130 for a partial list of services cov…
  • FAR 22.1901 Definitions.
    … Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. chapter 8), the Service Contract Labor Standards statute (41 U.S.C. chapter 67), or the Wage Rate Requirements (Construction) statute (40 U.S.C. chapter 31, subchapter IV), (B) Other than individuals employe…
  • FAR 22.1903 Applicability.
    …his subpart applies to contracts covered by the Service Contract Labor Standards statute (41 U.S.C. chapter 67, formerly known as the Service Contract Act, subpart 22.10), or the Wage Rate Requirements (Construction) statute (40 U.S.C. chap…
  • FAR 25.100 Scope of subpart.
    (a) This subpart implements— (1) 41 U.S.C. chapter 83, Buy American; (2) Executive Order 10582, December 17, 1954; (3) Executive Order 13881, July 15, 2019; (4) Executive Order 14005, January 25, 2021; and (5) Waiver of the domestic co…
  • FAR 25.200 Scope of subpart.
    (a) This subpart implements— (1) 41 U.S.C. chapter 83, Buy American; (2) Executive Order 10582, December 17, 1954; (3) Executive Order 13881, July 15, 2019; (4) Executive Order 14005, January 25, 2021; and (5) Waiver of the domestic co…
  • DFARS 242.7000 Contractor business system deficiencies.
    … Covered contract means a contract that is subject to the Cost Accounting Standards under 41 U.S.C. chapter 15, as implemented in regulations found at 48 CFR 9903.201-1 (10 U.S.C. 3841 note prec., as amended by section 816 of Pub. L. 112-81…
  • DFARS 252.203-7000 Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials.
    …08; and (2)(i) Participated personally and substantially in an acquisition as defined in 41 U.S.C. 131 with a value in excess of $10 million, and serves or served— (A) In an Executive Schedule position under subchapter II of chapter 53 of…
  • DFARS 252.244-7001 Contractor Purchasing System Administration.
    …olicies on conflict of interest, gifts, and gratuities, including the requirements of the 41 U.S.C. chapter 87, Kickbacks; (18) Perform internal audits or management reviews, training, and maintain policies and procedures for the purchasin…
  • FAR 3.705 Procedures.
    … amounts expended and property transferred therefor, is not a claim within the meaning of 41 U.S.C. chapter 71, Contract Disputes, or part 33. Therefore, the procedures required by the statute and the FAR for the issuance of a final contrac…
  • FAR 9.406-2 Causes for debarment.
    … perform, or of unsatisfactory performance of, one or more contracts. (ii) Violations of 41 U.S.C. chapter 81, Drug-Free Workplace, as indicated by— (A) Failure to comply with the requirements of the clause at 52.226-7, Drug-Free Workplac…
  • FAR 15.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …ificant value, unless adequate price competition is expected (10 U.S.C. 3703(a)(1)(A) and 41 U.S.C. 3503(a)(1)(A)). Such information shall be used to determine whether the intrinsic value of an item has been distorted through application of…
  • FAR 25.400 Scope of subpart.
    …) Korea FTA (the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Pub. L. 112-41) (19 U.S.C 3805 note)); (xi) Colombia FTA (the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (Pub. L. 112-42) (19 U.S.C. 380…
  • FAR 37.401 Policy.
    …ns, dentists and other health care providers under authority of 10 U.S.C. chapter 221 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 33, Planning and Solicitation. Each contract shall— (a) State that the contract is a nonpersonal health care services contract, as …
  • FAR 42.302 Contract administration functions.
    …e, cost, and technical performance in the areas of design, development, and production. (41) Evaluate for adequacy and perform surveillance of contractor engineering efforts and management systems that relate to design, development, produc…
  • FAR 47.200 Scope of subpart.
    …red— (1) Under the commuted rate schedules as required in the Federal Travel Regulation (41 CFR Chapter 302); (2) By DoD under the DoD 4500.9-R, Defense Transportation Regulation; or (3) Under 49 U.S.C. 10721 and 13712 rates. (These stat…
  • FAR 47.207-10 Discrepancies incident to shipments.
    …s and procedures for reporting and adjusting discrepancies in Government shipments are in 41 CFR parts 102-117 and 118. (For the Department of Defense (DoD), see DoD 4500.9-R, Defense Transportation Regulation, Part II, Chapter 210).

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.