Pub. L. 101-163, tit. III, sec. 306

Sec. 306. (a) Hereafter, notwithstanding the applicable statutes described in subsection (b), an agency of the legislative branch to which those statutes apply is authorized to use telecommunications systems and services provided by the Architect of the Capitol or the House of Representatives or the Senate under the approved plan required by section 305 of Public Law 100–202 (101 Stat. 1329–308) if such systems and services— (1) have been acquired competitively; and (2) have been determined by the Architect of the Capitol to be at least equal in quality to, and not greater in cost than, the systems and services available under the procurement conducted by the Administrator of General Services known as “FTS2000”. (b) The applicable statutes described in this subsection are— (1) section 111 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949; and (2) the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act of 1990. (c) As used in this section, the term “agency of the legislative branch” means the office of the Architect of the Capitol, the Botanic Garden, the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, the Library of Congress, the Office of Technology Assessment, and the Congressional Budget Office.