---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 1101"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "1101"
heading: "Policy"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/1101"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Federal Property and Administrative Services"
  - "Chapter 11 — Selection of Architects and Engineers"
---

# §1101. Policy


The policy of the Federal Government is to publicly announce all requirements for [architectural and engineering services](/usc/40/1102.md?p=2) and to negotiate contracts for [architectural and engineering services](/usc/40/1102.md?p=2) on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualification for the type of professional services required and at fair and reasonable prices.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1129.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1101 | 40:542. | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title IX, § 902, as added Pub. L. 92–582, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1279. |

The words “The Congress hereby declares” are omitted as unnecessary.