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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

98 STAT. 3066

PUBLIC LAW 98-577—OCT. 30, 1984 Public Law 98-577 98th Congress An Act

Oct. 30, 1984 [H.R. 4209]

Small Business and Federal Procurement Competition Enhancement Act of 1984. 41 USC 251 note. Contracts, U.S.

To amend the Small Business Act, the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to enhance competition in Government procurement, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE; T A B L E OF C O N T E N T S

SECTION 1. This Act, together with the following table of contents, may be cited as the "Small Business and Federal Procurement Competition Enhancement Act of 1984". TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE I—PURPOSES AND DEFINITIONS Sec. 101. Purposes. Sec. 102. Definitions.

Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ACT OF 1949 201. Planning for future competition. 202. Encouraging new competitors. 203. Validation of proprietary data restrictions. 204. Commercial pricing for supplies. 205. Economic order quantities. 206. Prohibition of contractors limiting subcontractor sales directly to the United States. 207. Clerical amendment.

TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO THE OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY ACT Sec. 301. Technical data management. Sec. 302. Publication of proposed regulations. Sec. 303. Procurement notices. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

41 USC 251 note.

401. 402. 403. 404. 501. 502. 503. 504. 505.

TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ACT Certificate of competency. Small business subcontracting policy statements. Breakout procurement center representatives. Procurement notices. TITLE V—OTHER PROCUREMENT PROVISIONS Regulations on overhead. Personnel evaluations. Report on prime contractors qualifying additional sources. Technical amendments to Competition in Contracting Act of 1984. Repeal. PURPOSES

SEC. 101. The purposes of this Act are to— (1) eliminate procurement procedures and practices that unnecessarily inhibit full and open competition for contracts;