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41 U.S.C. § 3903 — Multiyear contracts
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**(a) Definition.—** In this section, a multiyear contract is a contract for the purchase of property or services for more than one, but not more than 5, program years.
**(b) Authority To Enter Into Contract.—** An executive agency may enter into a multiyear contract for the acquisition of property or services if—
(1) funds are available and obligated for the contract, for the full period of the contract or for the first fiscal year in which the contract is in effect, and for the estimated costs associated with a necessary termination of the contract; and
(2) the executive agency determines that—
(A) the need for the property or services is reasonably firm and continuing over the period of the contract; and
(B) a multiyear contract will serve the best interests of the Federal Government by encouraging full and open competition or promoting economy in administration, performance, and operation of the agency’s programs.
**(c) Termination Clause.—** A multiyear contract entered into under the authority of this section shall include a clause that provides that the contract shall be terminated if funds are not made available for the continuation of the contract in a fiscal year covered by the contract. Funds available for paying termination costs shall remain available for that purpose until the costs associated with termination of the contract are paid.
**(d) Cancellation Ceiling Notice.—** Before a contract described in subsection (b) that contains a clause setting forth a cancellation ceiling in excess of $10,000,000 may be awarded, the executive agency shall give written notification of the proposed contract and of the proposed cancellation ceiling for that contract to Congress. The contract may not be awarded until the end of the 30-day period beginning on th
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**(a) Definition.—** In this section, a multiyear contract is a contract for the purchase of property or services for more than one, but not more than 5, program years.
**(b) Authority To Enter Into Contract.—** An executive agency may enter into a multiyear contract for the acquisition of property or services if—
(1) funds are available and obligated for the contract, for the full period of the contract or for the first fiscal year in which the contract is in effect, and for the estimated costs associated with a necessary termination of the contract; and
(2) the executive agency determines that—
(A) the need for the property or services is reasonably firm and continuing over the period of the contract; and
(B) a multiyear contract will serve the best interests of the Federal Government by encouraging full and open competition or promoting economy in administration, performance, and operation of the agency’s programs.
**(c) Termination Clause.—** A multiyear contract entered into under the authority of this section shall include a clause that provides that the contract shall be terminated if funds are not made available for the continuation of the contract in a fiscal year covered by the contract. Funds available for paying termination costs shall remain available for that purpose until the costs associated with termination of the contract are paid.
**(d) Cancellation Ceiling Notice.—** Before a contract described in subsection (b) that contains a clause setting forth a cancellation ceiling in excess of $10,000,000 may be awarded, the executive agency shall give written notification of the proposed contract and of the proposed cancellation ceiling for that contract to Congress. The contract may not be awarded until the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date of the notification.
**(e) Contingency Clause for Appropriation of Funds.—** A multiyear contract may provide that performance under the contract after the first year of the contract is contingent on the appropriation of funds and (if the contract does so provide) that a cancellation payment shall be made to the contractor if the funds are not appropriated.
**(f) Other Law Not Affected.—** This section does not modify or affect any other provision of law that authorizes multiyear contracts.
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The Secretary is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with other landowners and with the State and local governmental agencies and may issue such regulations as he deems necessary for the furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.
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**(a) Volunteer firefighters** The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior shall annually offer training programs to certify volunteers for suppressing forest fires on National Forest System lands, National Park System lands and Bureau of Land Management public lands in the event that the appropriate Secretary determines that such volunteers are needed. In carrying out this subsection, the Secretaries should utilize existing authorities to train volunteer firefighters for use in fire emergencies. The Secretaries should assess the capabilities of educational institutions and other public and private organizations to provide such training programs.
**(b) “Educational institutions” defined** For the purposes of this section, the term “educational institutions” shall include institutions established pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1862 ([7 U.S.C. 301](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section301&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq., commonly known as the “Morrill Act”), or the Act of August 30, 1890 ([7 U.S.C. 321](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section321&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq., commonly known as the “Second Morrill Act”).
**(c) Mobilization of local equipment** Not later than one year after May 9, 1990—
(1) the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Congress information with respect to regions of the National Forest System, and
(2) the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Congress information with respect to the Bureau of Land Management public lands on a State-by-State basis and each region of the National Park System
that documents mobilization plans that provide for the use of firefighting equipment in cases of fire emergencies that may occur in each such area that may be highl
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Chief** — The term “Chief” means the Chief of the Forest Service.
(2) **Director** — The term “Director” means the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
**(b) Projects** The Chief and the Director, via agreement or contract as appropriate, may enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or other public or private entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for the national forests and the public lands that meet local and rural community needs.
**(c) Land management goals** The land management goals of a project under subsection (b) may include any of the following:
(1) Road and trail maintenance or obliteration to restore or maintain water quality.
(2) Soil productivity, habitat for wildlife and fisheries, or other resource values.
(3) Setting of prescribed fires to improve the composition, structure, condition, and health of stands or to improve wildlife habitat.
(4) Removing vegetation or other activities to promote healthy forest stands, reduce fire hazards, or achieve other land management objectives.
(5) Watershed restoration and maintenance.
(6) Restoration and maintenance of wildlife and fish.
(7) Control of noxious and exotic weeds and reestablishing native plant species.
**(d) Agreements or contracts**
(1) **Procurement procedure** — A source for performance of an agreement or contract under subsection (b) shall be selected on a best-value basis, including consideration of source under other public and private agreements or contracts.
(2) **Contract for sale of property** — A contract entered into under this section may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, be considered a contract for the sale of property under such terms as the Secretary may pres
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**(a) Authorities** The Chief Executive Officer shall have the following authorities:
(1) To supervise all broadcasting activities conducted pursuant to this chapter, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act [[22 U.S.C. 1465](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1465&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.],,11 So in original. the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act [[22 U.S.C. 1465aa](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1465aa&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and Worldnet Television, except as provided in [section 6205(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6205/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) To review and evaluate the mission and operation of, and to assess the quality, effectiveness, and professional integrity of, all such activities within the context of the broad foreign policy objectives of the United States.
(3) To ensure that United States international broadcasting is conducted in accordance with the standards and principles contained in [section 6202 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section6202&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) To review, evaluate, and determine, at least annually, after consultation with the Secretary of State, the addition or deletion of language services.
(5) To make and supervise grants and cooperative agreements for broadcasting and related activities in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter and on behalf of other agencies, accordingly.
(6) To allocate funds appropriated for international broadcasting activities among the various elements of the Agency and grantees, subject to reprogramming notification requirements in law for the reallocation of funds.
(7) To review en
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**(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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**(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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**(a) Establishment**
(1) **In general** — There is established within the National Institutes of Health the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Health (referred to in this section as “ARPA–H”). Not later than 180 days after December 29, 2022, the Secretary shall transfer all functions, personnel, missions, activities, authorities, and funds of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health as in existence on December 29, 2022, to ARPA–H established by the preceding sentence.
(2) **Organization**
(A) *In general* — There shall be within ARPA–H—
(i) an Office of the Director;
(ii) not more than 8 program offices; and
(iii) such special project offices as the Director may establish.
(B) *Requirement* — Not fewer than two-thirds of the program offices of ARPA–H shall be exclusively dedicated to supporting research and development activities, consistent with the goals and functions described in subsection (b).
(C) *Notification* — The Director shall submit a notification to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives if the Director determines that additional program offices are required to carry out this section.
(3) **Exemption from certain policies of NIH**
(A) *In general* — Except as otherwise provided for in this section, and subject to subparagraph (B), in establishing ARPA–H pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary may exempt ARPA–H from policies and requirements of the National Institutes of Health that are in effect on the day before December 29, 2022, as necessary and appropriate to ensure ARPA–H can most effectively achieve the goals described in subsection (b)(1).
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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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