COOPERATIVE PURCHASING.

SEC. 1555. COOPERATIVE PURCHASING. Subsection (b) of section 201 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481), is amended to read as follows: “(b) (1) The Administrator shall, as far as practicable, provide any of the services specified in subsection (a) of this section to any other Federal agency, mixed-ownership Government corporation (as defined in section 9101 of title 31, United States Code), or the District of Columbia, upon its request. “(2) (A) The Administrator may provide for the use of Federal supply schedules of the General Services Administration by any of the following entities upon request: “(i) A State, any department or agency of a State, and any political subdivision of a State, including a local government. “(ii) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. “(iii) The government of an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e))). “(B) Subparagraph (A) may not be construed to authorize an entity referred to in that subparagraph to order existing stock or inventory from federally owned and operated, or federally owned and contractor operated, supply depots, warehouses, or similar facilities. 108 STAT. 3301 “(C) In any case in which an entity listed in subparagraph (A) uses a Federal supply schedule, the Administrator may require the entity to reimburse the General Services Administration for any administrative costs of using the schedule. “(3) (A) Upon the request of a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely handicapped that is to provide a commodity or service to the Federal Government under the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46 et seq.), the Administrator may provide any of the services specified in subsection (a) to such agency to the extent practicable. “(B) A nonprofit agency receiving services under the authority of subparagraph (A) shall use the services directly in making or providing an approved commodity or approved service to the Federal Government. “(C) In this paragraph: “(i) The term ‘qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely handicapped’ means— “(I) a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind, as defined in section 5(3) of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 48b(3)); and “(II) a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handicapped, as defined in section 5(4) of such Act (41 U.S.C. 48b(4)). “(ii) The terms ‘approved commodity’ and ‘approved service’ mean a commodity and a service, respectively, that has been determined by the Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped under section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47) to be suitable for procurement by the Federal Government.”.