§ 6a. — Advertisements for proposals for purchases and contracts for supplies or services for Government departments; limited to particular agencies under specified circumstances.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 41USC6a]
TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 1--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 6a. Advertisements for proposals for purchases and
contracts for supplies or services for Government departments;
limited to particular agencies under specified circumstances
Section 5 of this title shall not be construed to apply under any
appropriation Act to the following departments and independent offices
under the circumstances specified herein:
(a) American Battle Monuments Commission--to any leases in foreign
countries for office or garage space.
(b) to (e) Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, Sec. 1(107), 65 Stat.
705.
(f) The Bureau of Interparliamentary Union for Promotion of
International Arbitration--to stenographic reporting services by
contract if deemed necessary.
(g) Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, Sec. 1(107), 65 Stat. 705.
(h) Department of State--when the purchase or service relates to the
packing of personal and household effects of Diplomatic, Consular, and
Foreign Service officers and clerks for foreign shipment.
(i) Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, Sec. 1(107), 65 Stat. 705.
(j) The International Committee of Aerial Legal Experts--to
stenographic and other service by contract as deemed necessary.
(June 12, 1917, ch. 27, 40 Stat. 144; May 13, 1926, ch. 294, 44 Stat.
547; Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, Sec. 2, 54 Stat. 1110; June 28, 1941, ch.
259, 55 Stat. 344; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, Secs. 1(106)-(108), 3(8),
(9), 4(9), 65 Stat. 705, 708, 709; Pub. L. 85-75, July 1, 1957, 71 Stat.
251.)
Codification
Opening par., and subsecs. (a), (f), (h), and (j) of this section
are from act Oct. 10, 1940, Sec. 2, opening par., and pars. (a), (f),
and (j). Remainder of paragraphs of section 2 were repealed. See 1951
amendment note set out under this section.
Subsec. (o) of this section, which was from Act May 13, 1926, ch.
294, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 547, made section 5 of this title inapplicable to
the Architect of the Capitol in the purchase of supplies and equipment
and procurement of services when the aggregate amount thereof did not
exceed $1,000 in any instance and was omitted as superseded by section
6a-1 of this title.
Subsec. (p) of this section, which was from act June 12, 1917, ch.
27, Sec. 1, 40 Stat. 144, made section 5 of this title inapplicable to
expenditures not exceeding $50 by the United States Geological Survey
and was repealed by act Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, Sec. 1(106), 65 Stat.
705.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 6a, acts Jan. 25, 1929, ch. 102, title IV, 45 Stat.
1136; Apr. 18, 1930, ch. 184, title IV, 46 Stat. 215; Feb. 23, 1931, ch.
280, title IV, 46 Stat. 1352; July 1, 1932, ch. 361, title IV, 47 Stat.
520; Mar. 1, 1933, ch. 144, title IV, 47 Stat. 1409; Apr. 7, 1934, ch.
104, title IV, 48 Stat. 568; Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 39, Sec. 1, 49 Stat.
102; May 15, 1936, ch. 405, 49 Stat. 1347; June 16, 1937, ch. 359, title
IV, 50 Stat. 298; Apr. 27, 1938, ch. 180, title IV, 52 Stat. 285; June
29, 1939, ch. 249, 53 Stat. 921; June 26, 1940, ch. 428, title I, 54
Stat. 575, excepted Department of Labor from the provisions of section 5
of this title, prior to repeal by act Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 851, Sec. 4, 54
Stat. 1111.
Amendments
1957--Subsec. (o). Pub. L. 85-75 substituted ``$1,000'' for
``$500''.
1951--Subsec. (a). Act Oct. 31, 1951, Sec. 3(8), struck out ``to any
purchases when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $500, nor''
before ``to any leases''.
Subsec. (b). Act Oct. 31, 1951, Sec. 1(107), repealed subsec. (b)
which related to Botanic Garden.
Subsec. (c). Act Oct. 31, 1951, Sec. 1(107), repealed subsec. (c)
which also related to Botanic Garden.
Subsec. (d). Act Oct. 31, 1951, Sec. 1(107), repealed subsec. (d)
which related to Bureau of the Budget.
Subsec. (e). Act Oct. 31, 1951, Sec. 1(107), repealed subsec. (e)
which related to Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
Subsec. (g). Act Oct. 31, 1951, Sec. 1(107), repealed subsec. (g)
which related to Department of the Interior.
Subsec. (h). Act Oct. 31, 1951, Sec. 3(9), struck out ``to any
purchase or service when the aggregate amount does not exceed $100, or
with respect to articles, materials, or supplies for use outside the
United States when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $300;
or'' before ``when the purchase''.
Subsec. (i). Act Oct. 31, 1951, Sec. 1(107), repealed subsec. (i)
which related to Federal Communications Commission.
Subsec. (k). Act Oct. 31, 1951, Sec. 1(107), repealed subsec. (k)
which related to Medical Department of the Army.
Subsec. (l). Act Oct. 31, 1951, Sec. 1(107), repealed subsec. (l)
which related to Social Security Board.
Subsec. (m). Act Oct. 31, 1951, Sec. 1(107), repealed subsec. (m)
which related to Bureau of Mines.
Subsec. (n). Act Oct. 31, 1951, Sec. 1(107), repealed subsec. (n)
which related to Bureau of Reclamation.
Subsec. (o). Act Oct. 31, 1951, Sec. 4(9), increased the maximum
from $200 to $500.
1941--Subsec. (m). Act June 28, 1941, reaffirmed provision
respecting Bureau of Mines.
Repeals
Section 1(108) of act Oct. 31, 1951, repealed the proviso in act
June 28, 1941, cited as a credit to this section, which excepted
expenditures not exceeding $500 by the Bureau of Mines from section 5 of
this title.
Section 1(106) of act Oct. 31, 1951, repealed the proviso in act
June 12, 1917, cited as a credit to this section, which excepted
expenditures not exceeding $50 by the United States Geological Survey
from section 5 of this title.
Section 4(a) of act Oct. 10, 1940, provided for repeal of all prior
laws, which are covered by that act and that any rights or liabilities
existing under those repealed sections or parts of sections shall not be
affected by their repeal.
Leases for Foreign Service Offices
Provisions contained in annual appropriation acts for the Department
of State authorizing the Secretary of State to enter into leases for
Foreign Service offices and grounds for periods not exceeding ten years
without regard to section 5 of this title were made permanent, and are
covered by section 2670 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
Bureau of Employees' Compensation
Section 5 of this title not applicable to any purchase or service of
the Bureau of Employees' Compensation outside continental United States
when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $500 under acts July
8, 1947, ch. 210, title II, 61 Stat. 264; June 14, 1948, ch. 465, title
II, 62 Stat. 396; June 29, 1949, ch. 275, title II, 63 Stat. 284. This
Bureau, with its functions, transferred from Federal Security Agency to
Department of Labor by Reorg. Plan No. 19, of 1950, Sec. 1, eff. May 24,
1950, 15 F.R. 3178, 64 Stat. 1271, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees.
Government-Owned Furniture Removed to Washington, D.C.
Act July 30, 1947, ch. 359, title I, 61 Stat. 594, provided in part:
``That removal to the seat of government of Government-owned or leased
furniture, equipment, supplies, and other property and household goods
and personal effects of employees, and costs of restoration of leased
office space when required, may be accomplished without regard to
section 3709 of the Revised Statutes [section 5 of this title]''.
Section Inapplicable to Armed Services and National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Section inapplicable to procurement or sale of property or services
by Armed Services and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, see
section 2314 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
