---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 50.000"
title: "48"
number: "50.000"
heading: "Scope of part."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/50.000"
---

# §50.000. Scope of part.


This part—

- (a)
  - (1) Prescribes policies and procedures for entering into, amending, or modifying contracts in order to facilitate the national defense under the extraordinary emergency authority granted by Public Law 85-804 ([50 U.S.C. 1431—1434](/usc/50/1431..1434.md)) and Executive Order 10789, dated November 14, 1958. It does not cover advance payments (see [Subpart 32.4](/cfr/48/subpart32.4.md)); and
  - (2) **Implements indemnification authority granted by Pub.** L. 85-804 and paragraph 1A of E.O. 10789 with respect to any matter that has been, or could be, designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security as a qualified anti-terrorism technology as defined in the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (SAFETY Act); and
- (b) Implements SAFETY Act liability protections to promote development and use of anti-terrorism technologies.

## Notes

### 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: 72 FR 63030, Nov. 7, 2007, unless otherwise noted.