§ 23. — Orders or contracts for material placed with Governmentowned establishments deemed obligations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 41USC23]
TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 23. Orders or contracts for material placed with
Government-owned establishments deemed obligations
All orders or contracts for work or material or for the manufacture
of material pertaining to approved projects heretofore or hereafter
placed with Government-owned establishments shall be considered as
obligations in the same manner as provided for similar orders or
contracts placed with commercial manufacturers or private contractors,
and the appropriations shall remain available for the payment of the
obligations so created as in the case of contracts or orders with
commercial manufacturers or private contractors.
(June 5, 1920, ch. 240, 41 Stat. 975; July 1, 1922, ch. 259, 42 Stat.
812; June 2, 1937, ch. 293, 50 Stat. 245.)
Codification
Section is a composite of acts June 5, 1920, ch. 240, and July 1,
1922, ch. 259. The words ``for work or material'' after ``All orders or
contracts'', ``or contracts'' after ``similar orders'', and ``or private
contractors'' after ``commercial manufacturers'' in two places are based
on act July 1, 1922.
Amendments
1937--Act June 2, 1937, continued this section in effect.
