§ 6301 Authorization requirement
§ 6302 Contracts for fuel made by Secretary of the Army
§ 6303 Certain contracts limited to appropriated amounts
§ 6304 Certain contracts limited to one-year term
§ 6305 Prohibition on transfer of contract and certain allowable assignments
§ 6306 Prohibition on Members of Congress making contracts with Federal Government
§ 6307 Contracts with Federal Government-owned establishments and availability of appropriations
§ 6308 Contracts for transportation of Federal Government securities
§ 6309 Honorable discharge certificate in lieu of birth certificate
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Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 41 > Subtitle II > Chapter 63 - General Contract Provisions

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.