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 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 103 STAT. 1497 "(3) Notwithstanding sections 6 and 25 of this Act, on and after June 1, 1990, the Director of the Office of Government Ethics shall have the responsibility for issuance, modification, or termination of Government-wide regulations implementing paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), subsections (c), (f), and (k), and paragraph (2) of this subsection. The Director shall exercise such responsibility in coordination with the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council.". (b) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (p) of section 27 of such Act (as redesignated by subsection (a)(l)(B)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking out "with the development, preparation, and issuance of a procurement solicitation," and > inserting in lieu thereof "on the earliest specific date, as deter- mined under implementing regulations, on which an authorized official orders or requests an action described in clauses (iHviii) of paragraph (3)(A),"; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking out subparagraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(A) The term 'procurement official' means, with respect to any procurement (including the modification or extension of a contract), any civilian or military official or employee of an agency who has participated personally and substantially in any of the following, as defined in implementing regulations: "(i) The drafting of a specification developed for that procurement. "(ii) The review and approval of a specification developed for that procurement. "(iii) The preparation or issuance of a procurement solici- tation in that procurement. "(iv) The evaluation of bids or proposals for that procure- ment. "(v) The selection of sources for that procurement, "(vi) The conduct of negotiations in the procurement, "(vii) The review and approval of the award, modification, or extension of a contract in that procurement. "(viii) Such other specific procurement actions as may be specified in implementing regulations."; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(8) The term 'designated agency ethics official' has the same meaning as the term 'designated agency ofticial' in section 209(10) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 1850; 5 U.S.C. App.).". (c) TECHNICAL AND (DONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is further amended— (1) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(l)(B))— (A) by striking out "(c), or (e)" in paragraph (IXAXi) and inserting in lieu thereof "(d), or (f)"; (B) by striking out "(c), or (e)" in paragraph (l)(B)(ii) and inserting in lieu thereof "(d), or (f)"; (C) by striking out "(c), or (e)" in paragraph (2)(A) and inserting in lieu thereof "(d), or (f)"; (D) by striking out "(c), or (e)" in paragraph (3)(A) and inserting in lieu thereof "(d), or (f)"; and (E) by striking out "subsection (m)" in paragraph (7)(B)(ii), and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (o)";

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