PUBLIC LAW 104-289—OCT. 11, 1996 110 STAT. 3415 "(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede the bid protest process established under subchapter V of chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code.". SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 15 USC 205c (a) EFFECTIVE DATE. —This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (b) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.— Th is Act shall not apply to contracts awarded and solicitations issued on or before the effective date of this Act, unless the head of a Federal agency makes a written determination in his or her sole discretion that it would be in the public interest to apply one or more provisions of this Act or its amendments to these existing contracts or solicitations. Approved October 11, 1996. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2779 (H.R. 4233): HOUSE REPORTS: No. 104-639 (Coram, on Science). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 142 (1996): July 23, considered and passed House. Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate, amended. House concurred in Senate amendment.
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