Title 41 — Public ContractsRelease 119-73
§8504 Procurement requirements for the Federal Government
Title 41 › Subtitle Subtitle IV— - Miscellaneous › Chapter CHAPTER 85— - COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED › § 8504
Summary
Federal agencies must buy items on the procurement list from qualified nonprofits for blind or severely disabled persons, under Committee-set prices and rules, if the item or service is available timely. This does not apply when section 4124 of title 18 (chapter 307) requires buying from that industry.
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Title 41, §8504
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(a)An entity of the Federal Government intending to procure a product or service on the procurement list referred to in section 8503 of this title shall procure the product or service from a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely disabled in accordance with regulations of the Committee and at the price the Committee establishes if the product or service is available within the period required by the entity.
(b)This section does not apply to the procurement of a product that is available from an industry established under chapter 307 of title 18 and that is required under section 4124 of title 18 to be procured from that industry.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 850441:48.June 25, 1938, ch. 697, § 3, 52 Stat. 1196; Pub. L. 92–28, § 1, June 23, 1971, 85 Stat. 80. In subsection (a), the words “referred to in section 8503 of this title” are added for clarity because of the restatement of 41:47(a) in section 8503(a) of the revised title. In subsection (b), the words “for procurement” are omitted as unnecessary.
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41 U.S.C. § 8504
Title 41 — Public Contracts
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73