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 PUBLIC LAW 106-181—APR. 5, 2000 114 STAT. 125 implemented under paragraph (1), an employee of the Administration may submit an appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board and may seek judicial review of any resulting final orders or decisions of the Board from any action that was appealable to the Board under any law, rule, or regulation as of March 31, 1996. "(4) EFFECTIVE DATE. — This subsection shall take effect on April 1, 1996. ". (b) ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. —Section 40110 is amended by adding at the end the following: "(d) ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—In consultation with such non-govern- Deadline. mental experts in acquisition management systems as the Administrator may employ, and notwithstanding provisions of Federal acquisition law, the Administrator shall develop and implement, not later than January 1, 1996, an acquisition management system for the Administration that addresses the unique needs of the agency and, at a minimum, provides for more timely and cost-effective acquisitions of equipment and materials. "(2) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION LAW.— The following provisions of Federal acquisition law shall not apply to the new acquisition management system developed and implemented pursuant to paragraph (1): "(A) Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 252-266). "(B) The Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). "(C) The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-355). "(D) The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.), except that all reasonable opportunities to be awarded contracts shall be provided to small business concerns and small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. "(E) The Competition in Contracting Act. "(F) Subchapter V of chapter 35 of title 31, relating to the procurement protest system. "(G) The Brooks Automatic Data Processing Act (40 U.S.C. 759). "(H) The Federal Acquisition Regulation and any laws not listed in subparagraphs (A) through (G) providing authority to promulgate regulations in the Federal Acquisition Regulation. " (3) CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY ACT. —Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(B), section 27 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 423) shall apply to the new acquisition management system developed and implemented under paragraph (1) with the following modifications: "(A) Subsections (f) and (g) shall not apply. "(B) Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century, the Administrator shall adopt definitions for the acquisition management system that are consistent with the purpose and intent of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act. 79-194O-00 -6:QL3Part1

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