title-48-part-331•48 CFR Part 331 — Contract Cost Principles and Procedures
48 CFR Part 331 — Contract Cost Principles and Procedures
title-48-part-33148 CFR Part 331RegulationOct 1, 2026
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 40 U.S.C. 121(c)(2).
Source: 80 FR 72151, Nov. 18, 2015, unless otherwise noted.
Title 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System
Chapter 3 Health and Human Services
Subchapter E General Contracting Requirements
Part 331 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures
Subpart 331.1 Applicability
§ 331.101-70 331.101-70 Salary rate limitation.
(a) Beginning in fiscal year 1990, Congress has stipulated in the Department of Health and Human Services appropriations acts and continuing resolutions that, under applicable contracts, appropriated funds cannot be used to pay the direct salary of an individual above the stipulated rates. The applicable rates for each year are identified at www.opm.gov .
(b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 352.231-70, Salary Rate Limitation, in solicitations and contracts when a cost-reimbursement; fixed-price level-of-effort; time-and-materials; or labor-hour contract is contemplated.
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