40 USC § 3148 - Application of this subchapter to certain contracts

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title: "40 USC § 3148 - Application of this subchapter to certain contracts"
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title_name: "PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS"
section_number: "3148"
section_name: "Application of this subchapter to certain contracts"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "GENERAL"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "WAGE RATE REQUIREMENTS"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1153; Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(l)(14), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3852.)"
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# § 3148. Application of this subchapter to certain contracts

This subchapter applies to a contract authorized by law that is made without regard to section 6101(b) to (d) of title 41, or on a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee basis or otherwise without advertising for proposals, if this subchapter otherwise would apply to the contract.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1153; Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(*l*)(14), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3852.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3148 | 40:276a–7. | Mar. 23, 1941, ch. 26 (last proviso in 5th complete par. on p. 53), 55 Stat. 53; Aug. 21, 1941, ch. 395 (last proviso in 14th par. on p. 664), 55 Stat. 664. |

The words “this subchapter” are substituted for “such Act” to correct the reference as stated in 40:276a–7.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2011— substituted “section 6101(b) to (d) of title 41” for “section 3709 of the Revised Statutes ()”.