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[CITE: 15USC637b]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                   CHAPTER 14A--AID TO SMALL BUSINESS
 
Sec. 637b. Availability of information


(a) Requests for information

    For any contract to be let by any Federal agency, such agency shall 
provide to any small business concern upon its request--
        (1) a copy of bid sets and specifications with respect to such 
    contract;
        (2) the name and telephone number of an employee of such agency 
    to answer questions with respect to such contract; and
        (3) adequate citations to each major Federal law or agency rule 
    with which such business concern must comply in performing such 
    contract.

(b) Exempt contracts

    Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any contract or 
subcontract under such contract which--
        (1) will be performed entirely outside any State, territory, or 
    possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the 
    Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; or
        (2) is for services which are personal in nature.

(Pub. L. 95-507, title II, Sec. 223, Oct. 24, 1978, 92 Stat. 1772.)

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as part of the Small Business Act which 
comprises this chapter.
