WAITING PERIOD FOR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES PROPOSED FOR ACQUISITION REGULATIONS.

SEC. 5092. WAITING PERIOD FOR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES PROPOSED FOR ACQUISITION REGULATIONS. (a) Increased Period.— Section 22(a) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 418b) is amended— (1) by striking out “30 days” and inserting in lieu thereof “60 days”, and (2) by adding at the end the following: “Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, such a policy, regulation, procedure, or form may take effect earlier than 60 days after the publication date when there are compelling circumstances for the earlier effective date, but in no event may that effective date be less than 30 days after the publication date.”. (b) Technical Amendment.— Section 22(d) of such Act is amended by designating the second sentence as paragraph (3).