Title 41, Public ContractsRelease 119-110

§1125 Recipients of Federal Grants or Assistance

Title 41 › 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 Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Administrator to make government-wide rules and forms that executive agencies must use when grants require recipients to buy the property or services listed in section 1121(c)(1), while following other laws and agency program rules. The Administrator cannot give recipients help buying property or services, directly or indirectly, nor allow recipients to break State or local law when grants go to States or local governments.

Full Legal Text

Title 41, §1125

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(a)Authority.—

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)Limitation.—

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

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110