---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 32.404"
title: "48"
number: "32.404"
heading: "Exclusions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/32.404"
---

# §32.404. Exclusions.

- (a) **This subpart does not apply to advance payments authorized by law for—**
  - (1) Rent;
  - (2) Tuition;
  - (3) Insurance premiums;
  - (4) Expenses of investigations in foreign countries;
  - (5) Extension or connection of public utilities for Government buildings or installations;
  - (6) Subscriptions to publications;
  - (7) **Purchases of supplies or services in foreign countries, if—**
    - (i) The purchase price does not exceed $20,000 (or equivalent amount of the applicable foreign currency); and
    - (ii) The advance payment is required by the laws or government regulations of the foreign country concerned;
  - (8) Enforcement of the customs or narcotics laws; or
  - (9) **Other types of transactions excluded by agency procedures under statutory authority.**
- (b) Agencies may issue their own instructions to deal with advance payment items in [paragraph (a)](#a) above authorized under statutes relevant to their agencies.

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42328, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 75 FR 53134, Aug. 30, 2010; 90 FR 41879, Aug. 27, 2025]

### 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 42328, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 42328, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 75 FR 53134, Aug. 30, 2010; 90 FR 41879, Aug. 27, 2025]