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+title: "41 U.S.C. § 109"
+description: "Major system"
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+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 41
+title_name: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS"
+chapter_number: "1"
+chapter_name: "DEFINITIONS"
+section: "109"
+citation: "41 U.S.C. § 109"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+---
+
+# 41 U.S.C. § 109 - Major system
+
+## Text
+
+(a) In General.— In this subtitle, the term “major system” means a combination of elements that will function together to produce the capabilities required to fulfill a mission need. These elements may include hardware, equipment, software, or a combination of hardware, equipment, and software, but do not include construction or other improvements to real property.
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+(b) System Deemed To Be Major System.— A system is deemed to be a major system if—
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+(1) the Department of Defense is responsible for the system and the total expenditures for research, development, testing, and evaluation for the system are estimated to exceed $75,000,000 (based on fiscal year 1980 constant dollars) or the eventual total expenditure for procurement exceeds $300,000,000 (based on fiscal year 1980 constant dollars);
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+(2) a civilian agency is responsible for the system and total expenditures for the system are estimated to exceed the greater of $750,000 (based on fiscal year 1980 constant dollars) or the dollar threshold for a major system established by the agency pursuant to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A–109, entitled “Major Systems Acquisitions”; or
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+(3) the head of the agency responsible for the system designates the system a major system.
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+(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3680.)
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+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10941:259(c)(7).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 309(c)(7), as added Pub. L. 98–369, title VII, § 2711(a)(3), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1180; Pub. L. 98–577, title V, § 504(a)(4), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3086; Pub. L. 103–355, title I, § 1551, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3299.  41:403(9).Pub. L. 93–400, § 4(9), formerly § 4(10), as added Pub. L. 98–577, title I, § 102(3), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3067; redesignated as § 4(9), Pub. L. 100–679, § 3(c), Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4056; Pub. L. 103–355, title VIII, § 8001(b)(1)–(3), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3386.