Pub. L. 101-511, tit. VIII, sec. 8117

Sec. 8117. (a) Of the funds for the procurement of supplies or services appropriated by this Act, qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely handicapped shall be afforded the maximum practicable opportunity to participate as subcontractors and suppliers in the performance of contracts let by the Department of Defense. (b) During fiscal year 1991, a business concern which has negotiated with a military service or defense agency a subcontracting plan for the participation by small business concerns pursuant to section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) shall be given credit toward meeting that subcontracting goal for any purchases made from qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely handicapped. (c) For the purpose of this section, the phrase “qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely handicapped” means a non-profit agency for the blind or other severely handicapped that has been approved by the Committee for the Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped under the JavitsWagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48). (d) Within 180 days of the enactment of this Act, the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be modified to implement paragraph (b).