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legal/us/code/title-41/chapter-65/section-6505.md

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+title: "41 U.S.C. § 6505"
+description: "Exclusions"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 41
+title_name: "PUBLIC CONTRACTS"
+chapter_number: "65"
+chapter_name: "CONTRACTS FOR MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, ARTICLES, AND EQUIPMENT EXCEEDING $10,000"
+section: "6505"
+citation: "41 U.S.C. § 6505"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+---
+
+# 41 U.S.C. § 6505 - Exclusions
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Items Available in the Open Market.— This chapter does not apply to the purchase of materials, supplies, articles, or equipment that may usually be bought in the open market.
+
+(b) Perishables and Agricultural Products.— This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
+
+(1) Perishables, including dairy, livestock and nursery products.
+
+(2) Agricultural or farm products processed for first sale by the original producers.
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+(3) Contracts made by the Secretary of Agriculture for the purchase of agricultural commodities or products of agricultural commodities.
+
+(c) Carriage of Freight or Personnel.— This chapter may not be construed to apply to—
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+(1) the carriage of freight or personnel by vessel, airplane, bus, truck, express, or railway line where published tariff rates are in effect; or
+
+(2) common carriers subject to the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.).
+
+(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3809.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 650541:43.June 30, 1936, ch. 881, § 9, 49 Stat. 2039.
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+References in TextThe Communications Act of 1934, referred to in subsec. (c)(2), is act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, which is classified principally to chapter 5 (§ 151 et seq.) of Title 47, Telecommunications. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 609 of Title 47 and Tables.