[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR12.504]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 12_ACQUISITION OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart 12.5_Applicability of Certain Laws to the Acquisition of 
                            Commercial Items
 
Sec.  12.504  Applicability of certain laws to subcontracts for the acquisition 
of commercial items.

    (a) The following laws are not applicable to subcontracts at any 
tier for the acquisition of commercial items or commercial components at 
any tier:
    (1) 10 U.S.C. 2631, Transportation of Supplies by Sea (except for 
the types of subcontracts listed at 47.504(d)).
    (2) 15 U.S.C. 644(d), Requirements relative to labor surplus areas 
under the Small Business Act (see subpart 19.2).
    (3) 31 U.S.C. 1352, Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain 
Federal Transactions (see subpart 3.8).
    (4) 41 U.S.C. 43, Walsh-Healey Act (see subpart 22.6).
    (5) 41 U.S.C. 253d, Validation of Proprietary Data Restrictions (see 
subpart 27.4).
    (6) 41 U.S.C. 254(a) and 10 U.S.C. 2306(b), Contingent Fees (see 
subpart 3.4).
    (7) 41 U.S.C. 254d(c) and 10 U.S.C. 2313(c), Examination of Records 
of Contractor, when a subcontractor is not required to provide cost or 
pricing data (15.209(b)).
    (8) 41 U.S.C. 416(a)(6), Minimum Response Time for Offers under 
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (see subpart 5.2).
    (9) 41 U.S.C. 418a, Rights in Technical Data (see subpart 27.4).
    (10) 41 U.S.C. 701, et seq., Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 (see 
subpart 23.5).
    (11) 46 U.S.C. Appx 1241(b), Transportation in American Vessels of 
Government Personnel and Certain Cargo (see Subpart 47.5) (except for 
the types of subcontracts listed at 47.504(d)).
    (12) 49 U.S.C. 40118, Fly American provisions (see subpart 47.4).
    (b) The requirements for a certificate and clause under the Contract 
Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, 40 U.S.C. 327, et seq., (see 
Subpart 22.3) are not applicable to subcontracts at any tier for the 
acquisition of commercial items or commercial components.
    (c) The applicability of the following laws have been modified in 
regards to subcontracts at any tier for the acquisition of commercial 
items or commercial components:
    (1) 41 U.S.C. 253g and 10 U.S.C. 2402, Prohibition on Limiting 
Subcontractor Direct Sales to the United States (see subpart 3.5).
    (2) 41 U.S.C. 254(d) and 10 U.S.C. 2306a, Truth in Negotiations Act 
(see subpart 15.4).
    (3) 41 U.S.C. 422, Cost Accounting Standards (48 CFR chapter 99) 
(see 12.214).

[60 FR 48241, Sept. 18, 1996 as amended at 61 FR 67418, Dec. 20, 1996; 
62 FR 232, 236, Jan. 2, 1997; 62 FR 51270, Sept. 30, 1997; 64 FR 72416, 
72418, Dec. 27, 1999; 65 FR 46069, July 26, 2000; 68 FR 13203, Mar. 18, 
2003]

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