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124 STAT. 2537 PUBLIC LAW 111–240—SEPT. 27, 2010 SEC. 1312. LEADERSHIP AND OVERSIGHT. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(q) BUNDLING ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.— ‘‘(1) TEAMING REQUIREMENTS.—Each Federal agency shall include in each solicitation for any multiple award contract above the substantial bundling threshold of the Federal agency a provision soliciting bids from any responsible source, including responsible small business concerns and teams or joint ventures of small business concerns. ‘‘(2) POLICIES ON REDUCTION OF CONTRACT BUNDLING.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Federal Acquisi- tion Regulatory Council established under section 25(a) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 4219(a)) shall amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued under section 25 of such Act to— ‘‘(i) establish a Government-wide policy regarding contract bundling, including regarding the solicitation of teaming and joint ventures under paragraph (1); and ‘‘(ii) require that the policy established under clause (i) be published on the website of each Federal agency. ‘‘(B) RATIONALE FOR CONTRACT BUNDLING.—Not later than 30 days after the date on which the head of a Federal agency submits data certifications to the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, the head of the Federal agency shall publish on the website of the Federal agency a list and rationale for any bundled contract for which the Federal agency solicited bids or that was awarded by the Federal agency. ‘‘(3) REPORTING.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, and every 3 years thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Com- mittee on Small Business of the House of Representatives a report regarding procurement center representatives and commercial market representatives, which shall— ‘‘(A) identify each area for which the Administration has assigned a procurement center representative or a commercial market representative; ‘‘(B) explain why the Administration selected the areas identified under subparagraph (A); and ‘‘(C) describe the activities performed by procurement center representatives and commercial market representa- tives.’’. (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 15(g) of the Small Busi- ness Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy’’. (c) REPORT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report regarding the procure- ment center representative program of the Administration. Deadlines. Web postings.