### Question
Can you define what contracting agency means?


### Answer
**Contracting agency** is defined as the following in *41 U.S.C. § 103*:

> any Government agency, which has been or hereafter may be authorized to make contracts pursuant to section 611 [1](#103_1_target) of Appendix to title 50, and includes the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and any corporation organized pursuant to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, and the Secretary of Commerce

#### Citation:
  - *41 U.S.C. § 103*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 2-TERMINATION OF WAR CONTRACTS**

