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 113 STAT. 702 PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 (i) any aspect of the regulation; or (ii) the manner in which section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act is administered through the regulation; or (B) a requirement to apply the regulation. 41 USC 422 note. (d) IMPLEMENTATION. — The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall ensure that this section and the amendments made by this section are implemented in a manner that ensures that the Federal Government can recover costs, as appropriate, in a case in which noncompliance with cost accounting standards, or a change in the cost accounting system of a contractor segment or subcontractor segment that is not determined to be desirable by the Federal Government, results in a shift of costs from contracts that are not covered by the cost accounting standards to contracts that are covered by the cost accounting standards. 41 USC 422 note. (e) IMPLEMENTATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR REVISION OF REGU- LATIONS. —(1) Final regulations required by subsection (c) shall be issued not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Subsection (c) shall cease to be effective one year after the date on which final regulations issued in accordance with that subsection take effect. (f) STUDY OF TYPES OF CAS COVERAGE.—The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall review the various categories of coverage of contracts for applying cost accounting standards and, not later than the date on which the President submits to Congress the budget for fiscal year 2001 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, submit to Congress a report on the results of the review. The report shall include an analysis of the matters reviewed and any recommendations that the Administrator considers appropriate regarding such matters. 41 USC 422 note. (g) INAPPLICABILITY OF STANDARDS TO CERTAIN CONTRACTS.— The cost accounting standards issued pursuant to section 26(f) of the Office of Federal Procurement Pohcy Act (41 U.S.C. 422(f)), as amended by this section, shall not apply during fiscal year 2000 with respect to a contract entered into under the authority provided in chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code (relating to health benefits for Federal employees). 41 USC 422 note. (h) CONSTRUCTION REGARDING CERTAIN NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTI- TIES. —The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall not be construed as modifying or superseding, nor as intended to impair or restrict, the applicability of the cost accounting standards described in section 26(f) of the Office of Federal Procurement PoHcy Act (41 U.S.C. 422(f)) to— (1) any educational institution or federally funded research and development center that is associated with an educational institution in accordance with Office of Management suid Budget Circular A-21, as in effect on January 1, 1999; or (2) any contract with a nonprofit entity that provides research and development and related products or services to the Department of Defense. 41 USC 422 note. (i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to— (1) contracts that are entered into on or after such effective date; and

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