---
kind: "section"
citation: "41 U.S.C. § 3103"
title: "41"
title_heading: "Public Contracts"
number: "3103"
heading: "Acquisition programs"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/41/3103"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Federal Procurement Policy"
  - "Division C — Procurement"
  - "Chapter 31 — General"
---

# §3103. Acquisition programs

- (a) **Congressional Policy.—** It is the policy of Congress that the head of each [executive agency](/usc/41/3302.md?p=a-1) should achieve, on average, 90 percent of the cost, performance, and schedule goals established for major acquisition programs of the agency.
- (b) **Establishment of Goals.—**
  - (1) **By head of executive agency.—** The head of each [executive agency](/usc/41/3302.md?p=a-1) shall approve or define the cost, performance, and schedule goals for major acquisition programs of the agency.
  - (2) **By chief financial officer.—** The chief financial officer of an [executive agency](/usc/41/3302.md?p=a-1) shall evaluate the cost goals proposed for each major acquisition program of the agency.
- (c) **Identification of Noncompliant Programs.—** When it is necessary to implement the policy set out in [subsection (a)](#a), the head of an [executive agency](/usc/41/3302.md?p=a-1) shall—
  - (1) determine whether there is a continuing need for programs that are significantly behind schedule, over budget, or not in compliance with performance or capability requirements; and
  - (2) identify suitable actions to be taken, including termination, with respect to those programs.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–350, § 3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3743.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 3103 | 41:263. | June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title III, § 313, as added Pub. L. 103–355, title V, § 5051(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3351; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title VIII, § 851(a), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1851. |