Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

41 U.S.C. § 8504

Procurement requirements for the Federal Government

(a)

In General .—

section 8503 of this titleAn entity of the Federal Government intending to procure a product or service on the procurement list referred to in shall procure the product or service from a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely disabled in accordance with regulations of the Committee and at the price the Committee establishes if the product or service is available within the period required by the entity.
(b)

Exception .—

section 4124 of title 18This section does not apply to the procurement of a product that is available from an industry established under chapter 307 of title 18 and that is required under to be procured from that industry.

Pub. L. 111–350, § 3124 Stat. 3837(, , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

8504

41:48.

June 25, 1938, ch. 697, § 3, 52 Stat. 1196; Pub. L. 92–28, § 1, June 23, 1971, 85 Stat. 80.

section 8503 of this titleIn subsection (a), the words “referred to in ” are added for clarity because of the restatement of 41:47(a) in section 8503(a) of the revised title.

In subsection (b), the words “for procurement” are omitted as unnecessary.