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Title 41, Public ContractsRelease 119-110

§3103 Acquisition Programs

Title 41 › Subtitle I — Federal Procurement Policy › CHAPTER 31 — GENERAL › § 3103

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Agency heads must aim for an average of 90 percent achievement of the cost, performance, and schedule targets for their major acquisition programs. The agency head must set or approve those cost, performance, and schedule targets. The agency’s chief financial officer must review the proposed cost targets. If a program is far behind, over budget, or not meeting required capabilities, the agency head must decide if it is still needed and pick actions, which can include ending the program.

Full Legal Text

Title 41, §3103

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(a)Congressional Policy.—
It is the policy of Congress that the head of each executive agency should achieve, on average, 90 percent of the cost, performance, and schedule goals established for major acquisition programs of the agency.
(b)Establishment of Goals.—
(1)By head of executive agency.—
The head of each executive agency shall approve or define the cost, performance, and schedule goals for major acquisition programs of the agency.
(2)By chief financial officer.—
The chief financial officer of an executive agency shall evaluate the cost goals proposed for each major acquisition program of the agency.
(c)Identification of Noncompliant Programs.—
When it is necessary to implement the policy set out in subsection (a), the head of an executive agency shall—
(1)determine whether there is a continuing need for programs that are significantly behind schedule, over budget, or not in compliance with performance or capability requirements; and
(2)identify suitable actions to be taken, including termination, with respect to those programs.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 310341:263. June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 313, as added Pub. L. 103–355, title V, § 5051(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3351; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VIII, § 851(a), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1851.

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41 U.S.C. § 3103

Title 41, Public Contracts

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110