48 CFR § 1.501-3 - 1.501-3 Exceptions.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s1.501-3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 1.501-3 - 1.501-3   Exceptions."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "1.501-3"
section_name: "1.501-3   Exceptions."
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"
---


# 1.501-3 1.501-3   Exceptions.

(a) Comments need not be solicited when the proposed coverage does not constitute a significant revision.

(b) Advance comments need not be solicited when urgent and compelling circumstances make solicitation of comments impracticable prior to the effective date of the coverage, such as when a new statute must be implemented in a relatively short period of time. In such case, the coverage shall be issued on a temporary basis and shall provide for at least a 30 day public comment period.