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41 U.S.C. § 3902 — Severable services contracts for periods crossing fiscal years

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41 U.S.C. § 3902 — Severable services contracts for periods crossing fiscal years

**(a) Authority To Enter Into Contract.—** The head of an executive agency may enter into a contract for the procurement of severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year if (without regard to any option to extend the period of the contract) the contract period does not exceed one year. **(b) Obligation of Funds.—** Funds made available for a fiscal year may be obligated for the total amount of a contract entered into under the authority of this section.

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**(a) Authority To Enter Into Contract.—** The head of an executive agency may enter into a contract for the procurement of severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year if (without regard to any option to extend the period of the contract) the contract period does not exceed one year. **(b) Obligation of Funds.—** Funds made available for a fiscal year may be obligated for the total amount of a contract entered into under the authority of this section.

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28 U.S.C. § 604 — Duties of Director generally

**(a)** The Director shall be the administrative officer of the courts, and under the supervision and direction of the Judicial Conference of the United States, shall: (1) Supervise all administrative matters relating to the offices of clerks and other clerical and administrative personnel of the courts; (2) Examine the state of the dockets of the courts; secure information as to the courts’ need of assistance; prepare and transmit semiannually to the chief judges of the circuits, statistical data and reports as to the business of the courts; (3) Submit to the annual meeting of the Judicial Conference of the United States, at least two weeks prior thereto, a report of the activities of the Administrative Office and the state of the business of the courts, together with the statistical data submitted to the chief judges of the circuits under paragraph (a)(2) of this section, and the Director’s recommendations, which report, data and recommendations shall be public documents. (4) Submit to Congress and the Attorney General copies of the report, data and recommendations required by paragraph (a)(3) of this section; (5) Fix the compensation of clerks of court, deputies, librarians, criers, messengers, law clerks, secretaries, stenographers, clerical assistants, and other employees of the courts whose compensation is not otherwise fixed by law, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, pay on behalf of Justices and judges of the United States appointed to hold office during good behavior, United States magistrate judges, bankruptcy judges appointed under chapter 6 of this title, judges of the District Court of Guam, judges of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, judges of the District Court of the Virgin Islands, bankruptcy judges and magistrate j

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41 U.S.C. § 3904 — Contract authority for severable services contracts and multiyear contracts

**(a) Comptroller General.—** The Comptroller General may use available funds to enter into contracts for the procurement of severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year and to enter into multiyear contracts for the acquisition of property and nonaudit-related services to the same extent as executive agencies under sections 3902 and 3903 of this title. **(b) Library of Congress.—** The Library of Congress may use available funds to enter into contracts for the lease or procurement of severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year and to enter into multiyear contracts for the acquisition of property and services pursuant to sections 3902 and 3903 of this title. **(c) Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.—** The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives may enter into— (1) contracts for the procurement of severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year to the same extent as the head of an executive agency under the authority of [section 3902 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section3902&num=0&edition=prelim); and (2) multiyear contracts for the acquisitions of property and nonaudit-related services to the same extent as executive agencies under the authority of [section 3903 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section3903&num=0&edition=prelim). **(d) Congressional Budget Office.—** The Congressional Budget Office may use available funds to enter into contracts for the procurement of severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year and ma

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41 U.S.C. § 3902 — Severable services contracts for periods

Page 122 TITLE 41—PUBLIC CONTRACTS § 3902 dures may be of any type which in the opinion of the agency head will promote the best inter- ests of the Federal Government. (b) REQUIRED WARRANTY.— (1) CONTENT.—Every contract awarded after using procedures other than sealed-bid proce- dures shall contain a suitable warranty, as de- termined by the agency head, by the con- tractor that no person or selling agency has been employed or retained to solicit or secure the contract on an agreement or under- standing for a commission, percentage, bro- kerage, or contingent fee, except for bona fide employees or bona fide established commer- cial or selling agencies the contractor main- tains to secure business. (2) REMEDY FOR BREACH OR VIOLATION.—For the breach or violation of the warranty, the Federal Government may annul the contract without liability or deduct from the contract price or consideration the full amount of the commission, percentage, brokerage, or contin- gent fee. (3) NONAPPLICATION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply to a contract for an amount that is not greater than the simplified acquisition thresh- old or to a contract for the acquisition of com- mercial products or commercial services. (Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3774; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 836(b)(16), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1864.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 3901 ............ 41:254(a). June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 304(a), 63 Stat. 395; Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VII, § 2714(a)(3)(A), (B), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1184; Pub. L. 103–355, title IV, § 4103(c), title VIII, § 8204(b), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3341, 3396. In subsection (b)(2), the words ‘‘in its discretion’’

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