Pub. L. 105-61, tit. IV, sec. 413

Sec. 413. Section 201(b) 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 corporation (as defined in section 9101 of title 31, United States Code), or the District of Columbia, upon its request. “(2)(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. 48h(4)). “(ii) The term ‘approved commodity’ and ‘approved service’ means 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.”.