---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 U.S.C. § 3557"
title: "31"
title_heading: "Money and Finance"
number: "3557"
heading: "Expedited action in protests of public-private competitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/31/3557"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — Financial Management"
  - "Chapter 35 — Accounting and Collection"
  - "Subchapter V — Procurement Protest System"
---

# §3557. Expedited action in protests of public-private competitions


For any [protest](/usc/31/3551.md?p=1) of a public-private competition conducted under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 with respect to the performance of an activity or function of a [Federal agency](/usc/31/3551.md?p=3), the Comptroller General shall administer the provisions of this subchapter in the manner best suited for expediting the final resolution of the [protest](/usc/31/3551.md?p=1) and the final action in the public-private competition.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title III, § 326(b)(1), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 63; amended Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title X, § 1061(c)(2), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4613.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Another section 3557, added Pub. L. 110–161, div. D, title VII, § 739(c)(1)(B)(i), Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2030, related to an expedited action in protests for public-private competitions, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title X, § 1061(c)(1), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4613.

### Amendments

2008—Pub. L. 110–417 substituted “public-private” for “Public-Private” in section catchline.