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41 U.S.C. § 3104 — Small business concerns

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41 U.S.C. § 3104 — Small business concerns

It is the policy of Congress that a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts for property and services for the Federal Government shall be placed with small business concerns.

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41 U.S.C. § 8303 — Contracts for public works

**(a) In General.—** Every contract for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work in the United States shall contain a provision that in the performance of the work the contractor, subcontractors, material men, or suppliers shall use only— (1) unmanufactured articles, materials, and supplies that have been mined or produced in the United States; and (2) manufactured articles, materials, and supplies that have been manufactured in the United States substantially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States. **(b) Exceptions.—** (1) **In general.—** — This section does not apply— (A) to articles, materials, or supplies for use outside the United States; (B) to any articles, materials, or supplies procured pursuant to a reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of understanding (as described in section 8304), or a trade agreement or least developed country designation described in subpart 25.400 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation; and (C) to manufactured articles, materials, or supplies procured under any contract with an award value that is not more than the micro-purchase threshold under [section 1902 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1902&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Particular article, material, or supply.—** — If the head of the Federal agency making the contract finds that it is impracticable to comply with subsection (a) for a particular article, material, or supply or that it would unreasonably increase the cost, an exception shall be noted in the specifications for that article, material, or supply and a public record of the findings that justified the exception shall be made. (3) **Waiver authority.—** —

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41 U.S.C. § 3104 — Small business concerns

Page 86 TITLE 41—PUBLIC CONTRACTS § 3103 ficer or official of that agency any power under this division. (b) PROCUREMENTS FOR OR WITH ANOTHER AGENCY.—Subject to subsection (a), to facilitate the procurement of property and services cov- ered by this division by an executive agency for another executive agency, and to facilitate joint procurement by executive agencies— (1) the head of an executive agency may del- egate functions and assign responsibilities re- lating to procurement to any officer or em- ployee within the agency; (2) the heads of 2 or more executive agencies, consistent with section 1535 of title 31 and reg- ulations prescribed under section 1074 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–355, 31 U.S.C. 1535 note), may by agreement delegate procurement functions and assign procurement responsibilities from one executive agency to another of those exec- utive agencies or to an officer or civilian em- ployee of another of those executive agencies; and (3) the heads of 2 or more executive agencies may establish joint or combined offices to ex- ercise procurement functions and responsibil- ities. (Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3743.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 3102 ............ 41:261. June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 311, as added Pub. L. 103–355, title I, § 1552, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3299. § 3103. Acquisition programs (a) CONGRESSIONAL POLICY.—It is the policy of Congress that the head of each executive agency should achieve, on average, 90 percent of the cost, performance, and schedule goals estab- lished for major acquisition programs of the agency. (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF GOALS.— (1) BY HEAD OF EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—T

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