[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: 48CFR17.108]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION
 
PART 17_SPECIAL CONTRACTING METHODS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart 17.1_Multiyear Contracting
 
Sec.  17.108  Congressional notification.

    (a) Except for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard, a multiyear contract 
which includes a cancellation ceiling in excess of $10 million may not 
be awarded until the head of the agency gives written notification of 
the proposed contract and of the proposed cancellation ceiling for that 
contract to the committees on appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate and the appropriate oversight committees of 
the House and Senate for the agency in question. Information on such 
committees may not be readily available to contracting officers. 
Accordingly, agencies should provide such

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information through its internal regulations. The contract may not be 
awarded until the thirty-first day after the date of notification.
    (b) For DoD, NASA, and the Coast guard, a multiyear contract which 
includes a cancellation ceiling in excess of $100 million may not be 
awarded until the head of the agency gives written notification of the 
proposed contract and of the proposed cancellation ceiling for that 
contract to the committees on armed services and on appropriations of 
the House of Representative and Senate. The contract may not be awarded 
until the thirty-first day after the date of notification.