Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 3.djvu/1053

 PUBLIC LAW 100-590—NOV. 3, 1988

102 STAT. 3005

cial or agency, and that the Administration is given primary recc^ition in all cosponsored printed materials, whether the participant is a profit-making concern or a governmental agency or official."; and (3) by inserting in clause (i) after "agreement" the following: District of ", executed on behalf of the agency by an employee of the Columbia. agency in Washington, District of Columbia, and who shall also approve, in advance, any printed materials to be distributed at the conference,". SEC. 132. BACKGROUND CHECK POLICY—FINGERPRINTING.

15 USC 637 note.

The Small Business Administration shall not require fingerprints to be obtained for background check purposes from any participant in any Administration program who is serving on a voluntary basis and without compensation unless the Administration has reasonable grounds to believe that the participant's record or background is such as to make the participant ineligible to participate in the relevant program. SEC. 133. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PROGRAMS FOR BLIND AND HANDICAPPED.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 15(c) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(c)) is amended to read as follows: "(c)(1) As used in this subsection: "(A) The term 'Committee' means the Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped established under the first section of the Act entitled 'An Act to create a Committee on Purchases of Blind-made Products, and for other purposes', approved June 25, 1938 (41 U.S.C. 46). "(B) The term 'public or private organization for the handicapped' has the same meaning given such term in section 3(e). (C) The term 'handicapped individual' has the same meaning given such term in section 3(f). "(2)(A) During each of fiscal years 1989 through 1993, public or Appropriation private organizations for the handicapped shall be eligible to partici- authorization. pate in p r c ^ a m s authorized under this section in an aggregate amount for each year as follows: In 1989 not more than $30,000,000, in 1990 not more than $40,000,000, and in each of 1991, 1992 and 1993 not more than $50,000,000. "(B) None of the amounts authorized for participation by subparagraph (A) may be placed on the procurement list maintained by the Committee pursuant to section 2 of the Act entitled 'An Act to create a Committee on Purchases of Blindmade Products, and for other purposes', approved June 25, 1938 (41 U.S.C. 47), "(3) The Administrator shall monitor and evaluate such participation. "(4)(A) Not later than ten days after the announcement of a proposed award of a contract by an agency or department to a public or private organization for the handicapped, a for-profit small business concern that has experienced or is likely to experience severe economic injury as the result of the proposed award may file an appeal of the proposed award with the Administrator. (B) If such a concern files an appeal of a proposed award under subparagraph (A) and the Administrator, after consultation with the Executive Director of the Committee, finds that the concern has experienced or is likely to experience severe economic injury as the result of the proposed award, not later than thirty days after the

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