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 PUBLIC LAW 103-355—OCT. 13, 1994 108 STAT. 3403 SEC. 9003. IMPLEMENTATION OF FACNET CAPABILITY IN CIVILIAN AGENCIES. Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 is amended by inserting after section 302B, as added by section 4203, the following new section: "SEC. 302C. IMPLEMENTATION OF FACNET CAPABILITY. 41 USC 252c. "(a) IMPLEMENTATION OF FACNET CAPABILITY. — (1) The head of each executive agency shall implement the Federal acquisition computer network CFACNET) capability required by section 30 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act. "(2) In implementing the FACNET capability pursuant to paragraph (1), the head of an executive agency shall consult with the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy. "(b) DESIGNATION OF AGENCY OFFICIAL. —The head of each executive agency shall designate a program manager to have responsibility for implementation of FACNET capability for that agency and otherwise to implement this section. Such program manager shall report directly to the senior procurement executive designated for the executive agency under section 16(3) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(3)).". SEC. 9004. GAO DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBLE AGENCY CONTRACTS. 41 USC 426a (a) REPORT ON CONTRACTS NOT SUITABLE FOR ACQUISITION "°*®" THROUGH FULL FACNET CAPABILITY.—Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy and the congressional committees referred to in subsection (d) a report on the classes of contracts in amounts greater than the micro-purchase threshold and not greater thsm the simplified acquisition threshold that are not suitable for acquisition through a system with full FACNET capability. (b) FAR COUNCIL DETERMINATIONS.—Not earlier than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and after consideration of the report of the Comptroller General required by subsection (a), the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (established by section 25 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act) may make a determination that a class or classes of contracts in amounts greater than the micro-purchase threshold and not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold are not suitable for acquisition through a system with full FACNET capability. Any such determination shall be submitted to the congressional committees referred to in subsection (d). Each determination under this subsection shall take effect 60 days after the date on which it is submitted to those committees. (c) APPLICABILITY OF DETERMINATIONS. —Each determination under subsection (b) shall apply for purposes of determining eligible contracts under section 30A(e) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, as added by section 9001. (d) COMMITTEES. — The report required by subsection (a), and any determination made under subsection (b), shall be submitted to the Committees on Governmental Affairs, on Armed Services, and on Small Business of the Senate and the Committees on Government Operations, on Armed Services, and on Small Business of the House of Representatives. (e) DEFINITIONS.— In this section: 79-194 O—95 —25: QL 3 Part 4

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