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 PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-209 (1) in subsection (a), by striking "subsection (d)(2)" and inserting "subsection (d)"; and (2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following: "(d) PILOT PROGRAM PROJECTS. —The Administrator shall authorize to be carried out under the pilot program— "(1) not more than 10 projects, each of which has an estimated cost of at least $25,000,000 and not more than $100,000,000; and "(2) not more than 10 projects for small business concerns, each of which has an estimated cost of at least $1,000,000 and not more than $5,000,000.". (b) ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL FUNDING OF PROGRAM DEFINITION PHASE.— Subsection (c)(9)(B) of such section is amended by striking "program definition phase (funded, in the case of the source ultimately awarded the contract, by the Federal Government)—" and inserting "program definition phase—". SEC. 810. PROCUREMENT NOTICE OF CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH ELECTRONIC MEANS. (a) PUBLICATION BY ELECTRONIC MEANS.— Subsection (a) of section 18 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 416) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking "furnish for publication by the Secretary of Commerce" and inserting "publish"; (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: "(2)(A) A notice of solicitation required to be published under paragraph (1) may be published— "(i) by electronic means that meets the requirements for accessibility under paragraph (7); or "(ii) by the Secretary of Commerce in the Commerce Business Daily. "(B) The Secretary of Commerce shall promptly publish in the Commerce Business Daily each notice or announcement received under this subsection for publication by that means."; and (3) by adding at the end the following: "(7) A publication of a notice of solicitation by electronic means meets the requirements for accessibility under this paragraph if the notice is electronically accessible in a form that allows convenient and universal user access through the single Governmentwide point of entry designated in the Federal Acquisition Regulation.". (b) WAITING PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE OF SOLICITATION.— Paragraph (3) of such subsection is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking "furnish a notice to the Secretary of Commerce" and inserting "publish a notice of solicitation"; and (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking "by the Secretary of Commerce". (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SMALL BUSINESS ACT. —Subsection (e) of section 8 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking "furnish for publication by the Secretary of Commerce" and inserting "publish"; (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: "(2)(A) A notice of solicitation required to be published under paragraph (1) may be published—

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