Title 41 of the U.S. Code § 4307 - Contractor certification

Full text of § 4307 from Title 41 of the United States Code.

§ 4307. Contractor certification

(a) Content and Form.—A proposal for settlement of indirect costs applicable to a covered contract shall include a certification by an official of the contractor that, to the best of the certifying official's knowledge and belief, all indirect costs included in the proposal are allowable. The certification shall be in a form prescribed in the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

(b) Waiver.—An executive agency may, in an exceptional case, waive the requirement for certification under subsection (a) in the case of a contract if the agency—

(1) determines that it would be in the interest of the Federal Government to waive the certification; and

(2) states in writing the reasons for the determination and makes the determination available to the public.

(Pub. L. 111–350, §3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3788.)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised Section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
4307	41:256(h).	June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, §306(h), as added Pub. L. 100–700, §8(a)(1), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4634; Pub. L. 103–355, title II, §2151, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3313.

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