118 STAT. 851 PUBLIC LAW 108–276—JULY 21, 2004 ‘‘(vi) EXTENSION OF CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS NOT REVIEWABLE.—A decision by the Sec retary to extend the closing date for receipt of proposals for a procurement under this subsection is committed to agency discretion. ‘‘(vii) LIMITING COMPETITION TO SOURCES RESPONDING TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION.—In con ducting a procurement under this subsection, the Sec retary may exclude a source that has not responded to a request for information under section 303A(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253a(a)(1)(B)) if such request has given notice that the Secretary may so exclude such a source. ‘‘(8) INTERAGENCY COOPERATION.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out activities under this section, the Homeland Security Secretary and the Secretary are authorized, subject to subparagraph (B), to enter into interagency agreements and other collaborative under takings with other agencies of the United States Govern ment. ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—An agreement or undertaking under this paragraph shall not authorize another agency to exer cise the authorities provided by this section to the Home land Security Secretary or to the Secretary. ‘‘(9) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the spe cial reserve fund under paragraph (10) shall not be used to pay— ‘‘(A) costs for the purchase of vaccines under procure ment contracts entered into before the date of the enact ment of the Project BioShield Act of 2004; or ‘‘(B) costs other than payments made by the Secretary to a vendor for a procurement of a security countermeasure under paragraph (7). ‘‘(10) DEFINITIONS.— ‘‘(A) SPECIAL RESERVE FUND.—For purposes of this sub section, the term ‘special reserve fund’ has the meaning given such term in section 510 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. ‘‘(B) DESIGNATED CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘designated congressional committees’ means the following committees of the Con gress: ‘‘(i) In the House of Representatives: the Com mittee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Government Reform, and the Select Committee on Homeland Security (or any successor to the Select Committee). ‘‘(ii) In the Senate: the appropriate committees. ‘‘(d) DISCLOSURES.—No Federal agency shall disclose under sec tion 552 of title 5, United States Code, any information identifying the location at which materials in the stockpile under subsection (a) are stored. ‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘stockpile’ includes— ‘‘(1) a physical accumulation (at one or more locations) of the supplies described in subsection (a); or
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