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41 U.S.C. 6304: Certain contracts limited to one-year termText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 41-PUBLIC CONTRACTSCHAPTER 63-GENERAL CONTRACT PROVISIONS
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§6304. Certain contracts limited to one-year term

Except as otherwise provided, an executive department shall not make a contract for stationery or other supplies for a term longer than one year from the time the contract is made.

( Pub. L. 111–350, § 3 , Jan. 4, 2011 , 124 Stat. 3804 .)

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6304

41:13.

R.S. § 3735.

The words “an executive department shall not” are substituted for “it shall not be lawful for any of the executive departments to” to state the legal prohibition directly and to eliminate unnecessary words.