§ 48. — Procurement requirements for the Government; nonapplication to prisonmade products.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 41USC48]
TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 48. Procurement requirements for the Government;
nonapplication to prison-made products
If any entity of the Government intends to procure any commodity or
service on the procurement list, that entity shall, in accordance with
rules and regulations of the Committee, procure such commodity or
service, at the price established by the Committee, from a qualified
nonprofit agency for the blind or such an agency for other severely
handicapped if the commodity or service is available within the period
required by that Government entity; except that this section shall not
apply with respect to the procurement of any commodity which is
available for procurement from an industry established under chapter 307
of title 18, and which, under section 4124 of such title 18, is required
to be procured from such industry.
(June 25, 1938, ch. 697, Sec. 3, 52 Stat. 1196; Pub. L. 92-28, Sec. 1,
June 23, 1971, 85 Stat. 80.)
Amendments
1971--Pub. L. 92-28 extended provisions to cover any commodity or
service on the procurement list for former provision for brooms and mops
and other suitable commodities, excepted section from application to
prison-made products, and deleted provision for nonapplicability of
sections 46 to 58 of this title to cases where brooms and mops were
available for procurement from and Federal department or agency and
procurement therefrom was required under provisions of any law in effect
on June 25, 1938, or to cases where brooms and mops were procured
outside continental United States.
Effective Date of 1971 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 92-28 effective Aug. 1, 1971, see section 2 of
Pub. L. 92-28, set out as a note under section 46 of this title.
