40 U.S.C. § 1101
Section 1101 · Policy
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case 40 Cal. 4th 1016 - PROFESSIONAL ENG'RS IN CAL. GOV. v. Kempton (2007)
Most recently applied in BBF Engineering Services, PC v. State of Mich. (July 2014)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The policy of the Federal Government is to publicly announce all requirements for architectural and engineering services and to negotiate contracts for architectural and engineering services on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualification for the type of professional services required and at fair and reasonable prices.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 1101 40:542. June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title IX, §902, as added Pub. L. 92–582, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1279. The words “The Congress hereby declares” are omitted as unnecessary.