{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-13.001","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 13.001","heading":"13.001 Definitions.","body":"As used in this part—\nAuthorized individual means a person who has been granted authority, in accordance with agency procedures, to acquire supplies and services in accordance with this part.\nGovernmentwide commercial purchase card means a purchase card, similar in nature to a commercial credit card, issued to authorized agency personnel to use to acquire and to pay for supplies and services.\nImprest fund means a cash fund of a fixed amount established by an advance of funds, without charge to an appropriation, from an agency finance or disbursing officer to a duly appointed cashier, for disbursement as needed from time to time in making payment in cash for relatively small amounts.\nThird party draft means an agency bank draft, similar to a check, that is used to acquire and to pay for supplies and services. (See Treasury Financial Management Manual, Section 3040.70.)","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER C—CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES","PART 13—SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"3d1ff27fa4b05824a14628b482b12711eabb8f9e3492258b3ba4721143847fe6","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-13.000","next":"us/48-cfr-13.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}