---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 637c"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "637c"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/637c"
units:
  - "Chapter 14A — Aid to Small Business"
---

# §637c. Definitions


For purposes of this Act—

- (1) the term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Small Business [Administration](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1);
- (2) the term “[Federal agency](/usc/15/632.md?p=b)” has the meaning given the term “[agency](/usc/15/632.md?p=b)” by [section 551(1) of title 5](/usc/5/551.md?p=1), but does not include the United States Postal Service or the Government Accountability Office; and
- (3) the term “Government procurement contract” means any contract for the procurement of any goods or services by any [Federal agency](/usc/15/632.md?p=b).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–507, title II, § 224(a), Oct. 24, 1978, 92 Stat. 1772; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 95–507, Oct. 24, 1978, 92 Stat. 1757. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the Small Business Act which comprises this chapter.

### Amendments

2004—Par. (2). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.