41 U.S.C. § 1
Section 1 · 1 to 4a. Repealed. Oct. 21, 1941, ch. 452, 55 Stat. 743
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Strangi v. United States (1954)
Most recently applied in Union Painting Co. v. United States (June 1961)
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.
Section 1, R.S. 512; act Feb. 4, 1929, ch. 146, 1, 3, 45 Stat. 1147, establish a return office for filing returns of contracts made by Secretaries of War, Navy and Interior and appointed a clerk for this office. Section 2, R.S. 513, required clerk to file all returns. Section 3, R.S. 514, required clerk to keep an index book. Section 4, R.S. 515, required clerk to provide certified copies of any returns for an established fee. Section 4a, act Feb. 4, 1929, ch. 146, 1, 3, 45 Stat. 1147, transferred returns office to General Accounting Office and imposed duties relating thereto upon Comptroller General.