---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1315.1"
title: "5"
number: "1315.1"
heading: "Application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1315.1"
---

# §1315.1. Application.

- (a) **Procurement contracts.** This part applies to contracts for the procurement of goods or services awarded by:
  - (1) **All Executive branch agencies except—**
    - (i) The Tennessee Valley Authority, which is subject to the Prompt Payment Act (31 U.S.C. chapter 39), but is not covered by this part; and
    - (ii) Agencies specifically exempted under [5 U.S.C. 551(1)](/usc/5/551.md?p=1); and
  - (2) **The United States Postal Service.** The Postmaster General is responsible for issuing implementing procurement regulations, solicitation provisions, and contract clauses for the United States Postal Service.
- (b) **Vendor payments.** All Executive branch vendor payments and payments to those defined as contractors or vendors (see [§ 1315.2(hh)](/cfr/5/1315.2.md?p=hh)) are subject to the Prompt Payment Act with the following exceptions:
  - (1) Contract Financing Payments, as defined in [§ 1315.2(h)](/cfr/5/1315.2.md?p=h); and
  - (2) Payments related to emergencies (as defined in the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, Public Law 93-288, as amended ([42 U.S.C. 5121](/usc/42/5121.md) et seq.)); military contingency operations (as defined in [10 U.S.C. 101 (a)(13)](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-13)); and the release or threatened release of hazardous substances (as defined in [4 U.S.C. 9606](/usc/4/9606.md), [Section 106](/cfr/5/106.md)).
- (c) **Utility payments.** All utility payments, including payments for telephone service, are subject to the Act except those under [paragraph (b)(2)](#b-2) of this section. Where state, local or foreign authorities impose generally-applicable late payment rates for utility payments, those rates shall take precedence. In the absence of such rates, this part will apply.
- (d) **Commodity Credit Corporation payments.** Payments made pursuant to Section 4(h) of the Act of June 29, 1948 ([15 U.S.C. 714b(h)](/usc/15/714b.md?p=h)) (“CCC Charter Act”) relating to the procurement of property and services, and payments to which producers on a farm are entitled under the terms of an agreement entered into under the Agricultural Act of 1949 ([7 U.S.C. 1421](/usc/7/1421.md) et seq.) are subject to this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. chapter 39; Section 1010 of Public Law 106-398, 114 Stat. 1654; Section 1007 of Public Law 107-107, 115 Stat. 1012.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 52586, Sept. 29, 1999, unless otherwise noted.