48 CFR § 32.401 - 32.401 Statutory authority.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s32.401"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 32.401 - 32.401 Statutory authority."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "32.401"
section_name: "32.401 Statutory authority."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "32"
part_name: "CONTRACT FINANCING"
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 42328, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "32"
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# 32.401 32.401 Statutory authority.
The agency may authorize advance payments in negotiated and sealed bid contracts if the action is appropriate under
(a) 41 U.S.C. chapter 45;
(b) 10 U.S.C. chapter 277; or
(c) Pub. L. 85-804 (50 U.S.C. 1431-1435) and Executive Order 10789, November 14, 1958 (3 CFR 1958 Supp. pp. 72-74) (see Subpart 50.1 for other applications of this statute).
[48 FR 42328, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 1744, Jan. 11, 1985; 50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985; 72 FR 63030, Nov. 7, 2007; 79 FR 24211, Apr. 29, 2014; 87 FR 73899, Dec. 1, 2022]