---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 293"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "293"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 101–123, § 3(a), Oct. 23, 1989, 103 Stat. 760"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/293"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 15 — Claims and Services in Matters Affecting Government"
---

# [§293. Repealed. Pub. L. 101–123, § 3(a), Oct. 23, 1989, 103 Stat. 760 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, added Pub. L. 100–700, § 3(a), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4632, related to limitation on Government contract costs.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Pub. L. 101–123, § 3(b), Oct. 23, 1989, 103 Stat. 760, provided that: “The repeal made by this section [repealing this section and provisions formerly set out as a note below] shall be deemed to be effective on the date of enactment of Public Law 100–700 [Nov. 19, 1988].”

### Effective Date

Pub. L. 100–700, § 3(c), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4633, which provided that this section was to apply to contracts entered into after Nov. 19, 1988, was repealed by Pub. L. 101–123, § 3(a), Oct. 23, 1989, 103 Stat. 760.