Title 41 — Public ContractsRelease 119-73not60

§1125 Recipients of Federal Grants or Assistance

Title 41 › Subtitle Subtitle I— Federal Procurement Policy › Chapter 11— ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE AND AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS OF ADMINISTRATOR › Subchapter II— AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATOR › § 1125

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator can create government-wide rules, forms, and procedures that executive agencies must use when people or organizations that get federal grants or assistance buy certain kinds of property or services (the kinds listed in section 1121(c)(1)). These rules must fit with other laws and with the agencies’ program activities. The Administrator cannot use this authority to give procurement or supply support to a grant recipient, either directly or indirectly. The Administrator also cannot allow a recipient to act against State or local law when the grant is to a State or local government.

Full Legal Text

Title 41, §1125

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(a)With due regard to applicable laws and the program activities of the executive agencies administering Federal programs of grants or assistance, the Administrator may prescribe Government-wide policies, regulations, procedures, and forms that the Administrator considers appropriate and that executive agencies shall follow in providing for the procurement, to the extent required under those programs, of property or services referred to in section 1121(c)(1) of this title by recipients of Federal grants or assistance under the programs.

(b)Subsection (a) does not—

(1)permit the Administrator to authorize procurement or supply support, either directly or indirectly, to a recipient of a Federal grant or assistance; or

(2)authorize action by a recipient contrary to State and local law in the case of a program to provide a Federal grant or assistance to a State or political subdivision.

Legislative History

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 1125(a)41:405(i)(1).Pub. L. 93–400, § 6(i), Aug. 30, 1974, 88 Stat. 797; Pub. L. 96–83, § 4, Oct. 10, 1979, 93 Stat. 649; Pub. L. 98–191, § 5, Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat. 1328. 1125(b)41:405(i)(2).

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Citation

41 U.S.C. § 1125

Title 41 — Public Contracts

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60