§4103 — Title 2 The Congress | U.S. Code

Summary

Even if a contract with GSA or another federal agency sets a fixed price or terms for goods or services, a person or company may sell or lease the same kind of goods or services to Congress at a different price or under different terms. Sales or leases made to Congress do not count when figuring what price or terms the seller must give other parts of the federal government. Sales to the Senate or House (or their offices) count as sales to Congress.

Title 2, §4103

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Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any contract which is entered into by any person and either the Administrator of General Services or a contracting officer of any executive agency and under which such person agrees to sell or lease to the Federal Government (or any one or more entities thereof) any unit of property, supplies, or services at a specified price or under specified terms and conditions (or both), such person may sell or lease to the Congress the same type of such property, supplies, or services at a unit price or under terms and conditions (or both) which are different from those specified in such contract; and any such sale or lease of any unit or units of such property, supplies, or services to the Congress shall not be taken into account for the purpose of determining the price at which, or the terms and conditions under which, such person is obligated under such contract to sell or lease any unit of such property, supplies, or services to any entity of the Federal Government other than the Congress. For purposes of the preceding sentence, any sale or lease of property, supplies, or services to the Senate (or any office or instrumentality thereof) or to the House of Representatives (or any office or instrumentality thereof) shall be deemed to be a sale or lease of such property, supplies, or services to the Congress.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 111b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 98–63, title I, § 903(b),

July 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 336, provided that: “The provisions of this section [enacting this section] shall take effect with respect to sales or leases of property, supplies, or services to the Congress after the date of enactment of this section [

July 30, 1983].” Sale or Lease of Property, Supplies, or Services to Congressional Budget Office Deemed Sale or Lease to CongressSale or lease of property, supplies, or services to the Congressional Budget Office deemed a sale or lease of such property, supplies, or services to the Congress, see section 605 of this title.

§4103 Contracts to furnish property, supplies, or services to Congress; terms varying from those offered other entities of Federal Government