41 USC § 6307 - Contracts with Federal Government-owned establishments and availability of appropriations

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title: "41 USC § 6307 - Contracts with Federal Government-owned establishments and availability of appropriations"
title_number: 41
title_name: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS"
section_number: "6307"
section_name: "Contracts with Federal Government-owned establishments and availability of appropriations"
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. 3806.)"
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# § 6307. Contracts with Federal Government-owned establishments and availability of appropriations

An order or contract placed with a Federal Government-owned establishment for work, material, or the manufacture of material pertaining to an approved project is deemed to be an obligation in the same manner that a similar order or contract placed with a commercial manufacturer or private contractor is an obligation. Appropriations remain available to pay an obligation to a Federal Government-owned establishment just as appropriations remain available to pay an obligation to a commercial manufacturer or private contractor.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3806.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6307 | 41:23. | June 5, 1920, ch. 240, (last par. under heading “Purchase of Articles Manufactured at Government Arsenals”), 41 Stat. 975. |
|  |  | July 1, 1922, ch. 259, (1st proviso on p. 812), 42 Stat. 812. |

The words “heretofore or” are omitted as obsolete. The word “hereafter” is omitted as unnecessary because the provision is restated as permanent law rather than as part of a fiscal year appropriation.