41 USC § 6304 - Certain contracts limited to one-year term

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title: "41 USC § 6304 - Certain contracts limited to one-year term"
title_number: 41
title_name: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS"
section_number: "6304"
section_name: "Certain contracts limited to one-year term"
chapter_number: 63
chapter_name: "GENERAL CONTRACT PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3804.)"
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# § 6304. Certain contracts limited to one-year term

Except as otherwise provided, an executive department shall not make a contract for stationery or other supplies for a term longer than one year from the time the contract is made.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3804.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6304 | 41:13. | R.S. § 3735. |

The words “an executive department shall not” are substituted for “it shall not be lawful for any of the executive departments to” to state the legal prohibition directly and to eliminate unnecessary words.