48 CFR § 331.101-70 - 331.101-70 Salary rate limitation.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s331.101-70"
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title: "48 CFR § 331.101-70 - 331.101-70 Salary rate limitation."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "331.101-70"
section_name: "331.101-70 Salary rate limitation."
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "331"
part_name: "CONTRACT COST PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 40 U.S.C. 121(c)(2)."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 72151, Nov. 18, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "331"
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# 331.101-70 331.101-70 Salary rate limitation.
(a) Beginning in fiscal year 1990, Congress has stipulated in the Department of Health and Human Services appropriations acts and continuing resolutions that, under applicable contracts, appropriated funds cannot be used to pay the direct salary of an individual above the stipulated rates. The applicable rates for each year are identified at *www.opm.gov*.
(b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 352.231-70, Salary Rate Limitation, in solicitations and contracts when a cost-reimbursement; fixed-price level-of-effort; time-and-materials; or labor-hour contract is contemplated.