48 CFR § 5.403 - 5.403 Requests from Members of Congress.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s5.403"
source: "ecfr"
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title: "48 CFR § 5.403 - 5.403 Requests from Members of Congress."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "5.403"
section_name: "5.403 Requests from Members of Congress."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "ACQUISITION PLANNING"
part_number: "5"
part_name: "PUBLICIZING CONTRACT ACTIONS"
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 42119, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "5"
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# 5.403 5.403 Requests from Members of Congress.
Contracting officers shall give Members of Congress, upon their request, detailed information regarding any particular contract. When responsiveness would result in disclosure of classified matter, business confidential information, or information prejudicial to competitive acquisition, the contracting officer shall refer the proposed reply, with full documentation, to the agency head and inform the legislative liaison office of the action.
[48 FR 42119, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 1729, Jan. 11, 1985; 50 FR 52429, Dec. 23, 1985; 68 FR 43856, July 24, 2003]