{"data":{"id":"us/41-u.s.c.-4309","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"41 U.S.C. § 4309","heading":"Burden of proof on contractor","body":"In a proceeding before a board of contract appeals, the United States Court of Federal Claims, or any other Federal court in which the reasonableness of indirect costs for which a contractor seeks reimbursement from the Federal Government is in issue, the burden of proof is on the contractor to establish that those costs are reasonable.","path":["Title 41—PUBLIC CONTRACTS","CHAPTER 43—ALLOWABLE COSTS"],"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":"8f85f2246b8362156b77ee3b769bbbf3384eca1608071fad5138a989bbf98d68","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/41-u.s.c.-4308","next":"us/41-u.s.c.-4310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}