{"identifier":"/us/usc/t41/s4702","title":41,"num":"\u00a7\u202f4702.","heading":"Prohibition on release of contractor proposals","text":"\u00a7\u202f4702.\nProhibition on release of contractor proposals\n(a)\nDefinition.\u2014\nIn this section, the term \u201cproposal\u201d means a proposal, including a technical, management, or cost proposal, submitted by a contractor in response to the requirements of a solicitation for a competitive proposal.\n(b)\nProhibition.\u2014\nA proposal in the possession or control of an executive agency may not be made available to any person under\nsection 552 of title 5\n(c)\nNonapplication.\u2014\nSubsection (b) does not apply to a proposal that is set forth or incorporated by reference in a contract entered into between the agency and the contractor that submitted the proposal.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t41/s4702.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s4702","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f4702."},{"t":"heading","text":"Prohibition on release of contractor proposals"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s4702/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definition.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"In this section, the term \u201cproposal\u201d means a proposal, including a technical, management, or cost proposal, submitted by a contractor in response to the requirements of a solicitation for a competitive proposal.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s4702/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Prohibition.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"A proposal in the possession or control of an executive agency may not be made available to any person under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 552 of title 5","href":"/us/usc/t5/s552","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t41/s4702/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Nonapplication.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Subsection (b) does not apply to a proposal that is set forth or incorporated by reference in a contract entered into between the agency and the contractor that submitted the proposal.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}