{"data":{"id":"us/41-u.s.c.-3706","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"41 U.S.C. § 3706","heading":"Encouragement of alternative dispute resolution","body":"The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall include a provision encouraging the use of alternative dispute resolution techniques to provide informal, expeditious, and inexpensive procedures for an offeror to consider using before filing a protest, prior to the award of a contract, of the exclusion of the offeror from the competitive range (or otherwise from further consideration) for that contract.","path":["Title 41—PUBLIC CONTRACTS","CHAPTER 37—AWARDING OF CONTRACTS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc41@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:59Z","sha256":"dba102836bc60e243cc4252dd1df538fa9e59ef029886a6e819da404075b826c","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/41-u.s.c.-3705","next":"us/41-u.s.c.-3707"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}