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# 41 U.S.C. § 3104 - Small business concerns

## Text

It is the policy of Congress that a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts for property and services for the Federal Government shall be placed with small business concerns.

(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3744.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 310441:252(b).June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 302(b), 63 Stat. 393; July 12, 1952, ch. 703, § 1(m), 66 Stat. 594; Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, title VII, § 2714(a)(1)(A), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1184. The word “declared” is omitted as unnecessary.