15 USC § 637b - Availability of information

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s637b"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 637b - Availability of information"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "637b"
section_name: "Availability of information"
chapter_number: 14
chapter_name: "AID TO SMALL BUSINESS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–507, title II, § 223, Oct. 24, 1978, 92 Stat. 1772.)"
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# § 637b. Availability of information

**(a)** **Requests for information** For any contract to be let by any Federal agency, such agency shall provide to any small business concern upon its request—

**(1)** a copy of bid sets and specifications with respect to such contract;

**(2)** the name and telephone number of an employee of such agency to answer questions with respect to such contract; and

**(3)** adequate citations to each major Federal law or agency rule with which such business concern must comply in performing such contract.

**(b)** **Exempt contracts** Subsection (a) shall not apply to any contract or subcontract under such contract which—

**(1)** will be performed entirely outside any State, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; or

**(2)** is for services which are personal in nature.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–507, title II, § 223, Oct. 24, 1978, 92 Stat. 1772.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Small Business Act which comprises this chapter.