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124 STAT. 2787 PUBLIC LAW 111–263—OCT. 8, 2010 Public Law 111–263 111th Congress An Act To provide increased access to the Federal supply schedules of the General Services Administration to the American Red Cross, other qualified organizations, and State and local governments. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Supply Schedules Usage Act of 2010’’. SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND OTHER QUALI- FIED ORGANIZATIONS TO USE FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULES FOR CERTAIN GOODS AND SERVICES. Section 502 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(e) USE OF SUPPLY SCHEDULES BY THE RED CROSS AND OTHER QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may provide for the use by the American National Red Cross and other qualified organizations of Federal supply schedules. Purchases under this authority by the American National Red Cross shall be used in furtherance of the purposes of the American National Red Cross set forth in section 300102 of title 36, United States Code. Purchases under this authority by other qualified organizations shall be used in furtherance of purposes deter- mined to be appropriate to facilitate emergency preparedness and disaster relief and set forth in guidance by the Adminis- trator of General Services, in consultation with the Adminis- trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The authority under this subsection may not be used to purchase supplies for resale. ‘‘(3) QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION.—In this subsection, the term ‘qualified organization’ means a relief or disaster assistance organization as described in section 309 of the Robert T. Staf- ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5152).’’. SEC. 3. DUTY OF USERS REGARDING USE OF FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHED - ULES. Section 502 of title 40, United States Code, as amended by section 2, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(f) DUTY OF USERS REGARDING USE OF SUPPLY SCHEDULES.— All users of Federal supply schedules, including non-Federal users, 40 USC 101 note. Federal Supply Schedules Usage Act of 2010. Oct. 8, 2010 [S. 2868]