---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 3.503-1"
title: "48"
number: "3.503-1"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/3.503-1"
---

# §3.503-1. Policy.


10 U.S.C. [4655](/usc/10/4655.md) and [41](/usc/10/41.md) U.S.C. 4704 require that subcontractors not be unreasonably precluded from making direct sales to the Government of any supplies or services made or furnished under a contract. However, this does not preclude contractors from asserting rights that are otherwise authorized by law or regulation.


## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 35475, Aug. 30, 1985, and 51 FR 27116, July 29, 1986; 79 FR 24196, Apr. 29, 2014; 87 FR 73895, Dec. 1, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42108, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[50 FR 35475, Aug. 30, 1985, and 51 FR 27116, July 29, 1986; 79 FR 24196, Apr. 29, 2014; 87 FR 73895, Dec. 1, 2022]