Title 31 — Money and Finance
Chapter 63 — Using Procurement Contracts and Grant and Cooperative Agreements
§ 6303. Using procurement contracts
Statutory text
An executive agency shall use a procurement contract as the legal instrument reflecting a relationship between the United States Government and a State, a local government, or other recipient when—
the principal purpose of the instrument is to acquire (by purchase, lease, or barter) property or services for the direct benefit or use of the United States Government; or
the agency decides in a specific instance that the use of a procurement contract is appropriate.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 97–258 · 96 Stat. 1004
Enacted · 31 U.S.C. § 6303
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1004.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1004.)
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Notes
historicalAndRevision
| Historical and Revision Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6303 | 41:503. | Feb. 3, 1978, Pub. L. 95–224, § 4, 92 Stat. 4. |
The words “type of” are omitted as unnecessary. The word “decides” is substituted for “determines” for consistency.
Credits
(Pub. L. 97–258, , 96 Stat. 1004.)