---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 U.S.C. § 6303"
title: "31"
title_heading: "Money and Finance"
number: "6303"
heading: "Using procurement contracts"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/31/6303"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — General Assistance Administration"
  - "Chapter 63 — Using Procurement Contracts and Grant and Cooperative Agreements"
---

# §6303. Using procurement contracts


An executive [agency](/usc/31/6401.md?p=1) shall use a procurement contract as the legal instrument reflecting a relationship between the United States Government and a [State](/usc/31/6201.md?p=2), a [local government](/usc/31/6302.md?p=3), or [other recipient](/usc/31/6302.md?p=4) when—

- (1) the principal purpose of the instrument is to acquire (by purchase, lease, or barter) property or services for the direct benefit or use of the United States Government; or
- (2) the [agency](/usc/31/6401.md?p=1) decides in a specific instance that the use of a procurement contract is appropriate.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1004.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6303 | 41:503. | Feb. 3, 1978, Pub. L. 95–224, § 4, 92 Stat. 4. |

The words “type of” are omitted as unnecessary. The word “decides” is substituted for “determines” for consistency.