48 CFR § 1.103 - 1.103 Authority.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s1.103"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 1.103 - 1.103 Authority."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "1.103"
section_name: "1.103 Authority."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "1"
part_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 42103, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1"
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# 1.103 1.103 Authority.
(a) The development of the FAR System is in accordance with the requirements of 41 U.S.C. chapter 13, Acquisition Councils.
(b) The FAR is prepared, issued, and maintained, and the FAR System is prescribed, jointly by the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of General Services, and the Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, under their several statutory authorities.
[48 FR 42103, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 27116, July 29, 1986. Redesignated at 60 FR 34733, July 3, 1995, as amended at 65 FR 36014, June 6, 2000; 79 FR 24194, Apr. 29, 2014]