CONTRACTING WITH EMPLOYERS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

SEC. 852. CONTRACTING WITH EMPLOYERS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.(a) Inapplicability of Randolph-Sheppard Act.—The Randolph-Sheppard Act does not apply to any contract described in subsection (b) for so long as the contract is in effect, including for any period for which the contract is extended pursuant to an option provided in the contract.(b) Javits-Wagner-O’Day Contracts.—Subsection (a) applies to any contract for the operation of a military mess hall, military troop dining facility, or any similar dining facility operated for the purpose of providing meals to members of the Armed Forces that—(1) was entered into before the date of the enactment of this Act with a nonprofit agency for the blind or an agency for other severely handicapped in compliance with section 3 of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 48); and(2) is in effect on such date.(c) Enactment of Popular Name as Short Title.—The Act entitled “An Act to authorize the operation of stands in Federal buildings by blind persons, to enlarge the economic opportunities of the blind, and for other purposes”, approved June 20, 1936 (commonly known as the “Randolph-Sheppard Act”) (20 U.S.C. 107 et seq.), is amended by adding at the end the following new section:“Sec. 11. This Act may be cited as the ‘Randolph-Sheppard Act’.” .117 STAT. 1557