41 USC § 102 - Commercial component

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title: "41 USC § 102 - Commercial component"
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section_number: "102"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3678; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 836(a)(2)(A), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1860.)"
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# § 102. Commercial component

In this subtitle, the term “commercial component” means a component that is a commercial product.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3678; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 836(a)(2)(A), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1860.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 102 | 41:259(c)(13). | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 309(c)(13), as added Pub. L. 98–369, title VII, § 2711(a)(3), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1180; Pub. L. 98–577, title V, § 504(a)(4), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3086; Pub. L. 103–355, title I, § 1551, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3299. |
|  | 41:264a (“commercial component”). | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 314A (“commercial component”), as added Pub. L. 103–355, title VIII, § 8202, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3394. |
|  | 41:403(15). | Pub. L. 93–400, § 4(15), as added Pub. L. 103–355, title VIII, § 8001(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3386. |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— substituted “commercial product” for “commercial item”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , subject to a savings provision, see , set out as an Effective Date of 2018 Amendment; Savings Provision note under , Domestic Security.