INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW.

SEC. 8204. INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW. (a) Inapplicability of Prohibition on Limiting Subcontractor Direct Sales to the United States.— Section 303G of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253g), as amended by section 4103(b), is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) An agreement between the contractor in a contract for the acquisition of commercial items and a subcontractor under such contract that restricts sales by such subcontractor directly to persons other than the contractor may not be considered to unreasonably restrict sales by that subcontractor to the United States in violation of the provision included in such contract pursuant to subsection (a) if the agreement does not result in the Federal Government being treated differently with regard to the restriction than any other prospective purchaser of such commercial items from that subcontractor.”. (b) Inapplicability of Requirement for Contract Clause Regarding Contingent Fees.— Section 304(a) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254(a)), as amended by section 4103(c), is further amended by inserting before the period at the end of the sentence added by section 4103(c) the following: “or to a contract for the acquisition of commercial items”.