---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 U.S.C. § 3707"
title: "41"
title_heading: "Public Contracts"
number: "3707"
heading: "Antitrust violations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/41/3707"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Federal Procurement Policy"
  - "Division C — Procurement"
  - "Chapter 37 — Awarding of Contracts"
---

# §3707. Antitrust violations


If the agency head considers that a bid or proposal evidences a violation of the antitrust laws, the agency head shall refer the bid or proposal to the Attorney General for appropriate action.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3773.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 3707 | 41:253b(i). | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 303B(i), formerly § 303B(e), as added Pub. L. 98–369, title VII, § 2711(a)(2), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1180; redesignated as § 303B(f), Pub. L. 103–355, title I, § 1064(1), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3268; redesignated as § 303B(i), Pub. L. 104–106, title XLI, § 4104(b)(2), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 645. |