48 CFR § 246.870-0 - 246.870-0 Scope.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s246.870-0"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 246.870-0 - 246.870-0 Scope."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "246.870-0"
section_name: "246.870-0 Scope."
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACT MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "246"
part_name: "QUALITY ASSURANCE"
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. 1303 and 48 CFR chapter 1."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 36460, July 31, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "246"
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# 246.870-0 246.870-0 Scope.
This section—
(a) Partially implements section 818(c) and (e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Pub. L. 112-81), as amended by section 817 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Pub. L. 113-291 and section 885 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Pub. L. 114-92); and
(b) Prescribes policy and procedures for preventing counterfeit electronic parts and suspect counterfeit electronic parts from entering the supply chain when procuring electronic parts or end items, components, parts, or assemblies that contain electronic parts.
[79 FR 26106, May 6, 2014. Redesignated and amended at 81 FR 50648, Aug. 2, 2016; 83 FR 19645, May 4, 2018]