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Title 41, Public ContractsRelease 119-110

§4307 Contractor Certification

Title 41 › Subtitle I — Federal Procurement Policy › CHAPTER 43 — ALLOWABLE COSTS › § 4307

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a contractor submits a proposal to settle indirect costs for a covered contract, a company official must sign a statement saying that, to the best of their knowledge, the indirect costs in the proposal are allowable and the statement must use the form the Federal Acquisition Regulation requires. A federal agency may, in rare cases, waive this certification if it decides waiving is in the government’s interest, but the agency must put its reasons in writing and make that decision public.

Full Legal Text

Title 41, §4307

Public Contracts, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Content and Form.—
A proposal for settlement of indirect costs applicable to a covered contract shall include a certification by an official of the contractor that, to the best of the certifying official’s knowledge and belief, all indirect costs included in the proposal are allowable. The certification shall be in a form prescribed in the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
(b)Waiver.—
An executive agency may, in an exceptional case, waive the requirement for certification under subsection (a) in the case of a contract if the agency—
(1)determines that it would be in the interest of the Federal Government to waive the certification; and
(2)states in writing the reasons for the determination and makes the determination available to the public.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 430741:256(h).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 306(h), as added Pub. L. 100–700, § 8(a)(1), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4634; Pub. L. 103–355, title II, § 2151, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3313.

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Citation

41 U.S.C. § 4307

Title 41, Public Contracts

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110