Title 41, Public ContractsRelease 119-110
§6510 Manufacturers and Regular Dealers
Title 41 › Subtitle II — Other Advertising and Contract Provisions › CHAPTER 65 — CONTRACTS FOR MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, ARTICLES, AND EQUIPMENT EXCEEDING $10,000 › § 6510
Summary
The Secretary can make rules that say how to decide if a contractor is a manufacturer or a regular dealer for items made for or used in U.S. government contracts. A person with an interest can go to court to have a judge decide legal questions about how those terms are read under those rules.
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Title 41, §6510
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(a)Prescribing Standards.—
The Secretary may prescribe, in regulations, standards for determining whether a contractor is a manufacturer or regular dealer with respect to materials, supplies, articles, or equipment to be manufactured or furnished under, or used in the performance of, a contract entered into by an agency of the United States.
(b)Judicial Review.—
An interested person has the right of judicial review of any legal question relating to interpretation of the terms “regular dealer” and “manufacturer” as defined pursuant to subsection (a).
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 651041:43b.June 30, 1936, ch. 881, § 11, as added Pub. L. 103–355, title VII, § 7201(4), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3378; Pub. L. 104–106, div. D, title XLIII, § 4321(f)(1)(A), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 675. In subsection (a), the words “an agency of the United States” are substituted for “any executive department, independent establishment, or other agency or instrumentality of the United States, or by the District of Columbia, or by any corporation all the stock of which is beneficially owned by the United States” because of the definition in section 6501 of the revised title.
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41 U.S.C. § 6510
Title 41, Public Contracts
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110