§6102 — Title 41 Public Contracts | U.S. Code

Summary

Several federal offices and some buys do not have to follow the usual public-advertising rule for purchases and contracts. The exceptions include leases abroad for office or garage space for the American Battle Monuments Commission; needed stenographic or similar contracted services for the Bureau of Interparliamentary Union for Promotion of International Arbitration and for the International Committee of Aerial Legal Experts; the State Department when packing diplomats’ personal and household effects for shipment overseas; purchases under $25,000 for branches under the Architect of the Capitol; timber and other forest products made by Indian enterprises on reservations under Interior rules; any office of the House or any office of the Senate; agreements by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office; and purchases made under task- or delivery-order contracts entered by the Librarian of Congress.

Title 41, §6102

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(a)section 6101 of this title does not apply to the American Battle Monuments Commission with respect to leases in foreign countries for office or garage space.

(b)section 6101 of this title does not apply to the Bureau of Interparliamentary Union for Promotion of International Arbitration with respect to necessary stenographic reporting services by contract.

(c)section 6101 of this title does not apply to the Department of State when the purchase or service relates to the packing of personal and household effects of Diplomatic, Consular, and Foreign Service officers and clerks for foreign shipment.

(d)section 6101 of this title does not apply to the International Committee of Aerial Legal Experts with respect to necessary stenographic and other services by contract.

(e)The purchase of supplies and equipment and the procurement of services for all branches under the Architect of the Capitol may be made in the open market according to common business practice, without compliance with section 6101 of this title, when the aggregate amount of the purchase or the service does not exceed $25,000 in any instance.

(f)Lumber and other forest products produced by Indian enterprises from forests on Indian reservations may be sold under regulations the Secretary of the Interior prescribes, without compliance with section 6101 of this title.

(g)section 6101 of this title does not apply to purchases and contracts for supplies or services for any office of the House of Representatives.

(h)The Director of the Congressional Budget Office may enter into agreements or contracts without regard to section 6101 of this title.

(i)section 6101 of this title does not apply to agreements, contracts or purchases by any office of the Senate.

(j)section 6101 of this title does not apply to a procurement made against an order placed under a task order contract or a delivery order contract (as such terms are defined in section 4101 of this title) entered into by the Librarian of Congress.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6102(a)41:6a(a).Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, § 2(a), 54 Stat. 1110; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 3(8), 65 Stat. 708. 6102(b)41:6a(f).Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, § 2(f), (j), 54 Stat. 1110. 6102(c)41:6a(h).Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, § 2(h), 54 Stat. 1110; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 3(9), 65 Stat. 708. 6102(d)41:6a(j). 6102(e)41:6a–1.Pub. L. 89–90, (2d par. on p. 276), July 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 276; Pub. L. 93–356, § 2, July 25, 1974, 88 Stat. 390; Pub. L. 98–191, § 9(c), Dec. 1, 1983, 97 Stat. 1332. 6102(f)41:6b(d).June 24, 1940, ch. 412, 54 Stat. 504. 6102(g)41:6a–3.Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, §§ 104, 1102, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 354, 370. 6102(h)41:6a–4. In subsections (a)–(d), the words “under any appropriation Act” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (e), the words “On and after July 27, 1965” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “according to common business practice” are substituted for “in the manner common among businessmen” for consistency in the revised title. In subsection (g), the words “in any fiscal year” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (h), the text of 41:6a–4(b) is omitted as unnecessary.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 117–103 added subsec. (j). 2018—Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 115–141 added subsec. (i).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2022 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 117–103 applicable with respect to fiscal year 2022 and each succeeding fiscal year, see section 186(d) of Title 2, The Congress.

§6102 Exceptions From Advertising Requirement