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 PUBLIC LAW 107-217 —AUG. 21, 2002 116 STAT. 1121 (b) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (c), amounts made available to the Administration pursuant to section 592 of this title may not be obligated or expended to procure covered services by contract if an employee who was a permanent veterans preference employee of the Administration on November 19, 1995, would be terminated as a result. (c) EXCEPTION.— Amounts made available to the Administration pursuant to section 592 of this title may be obligated and expended to procure covered services by contract with a sheltered workshop or, if sheltered workshops decline to contract for the provision of covered services, by competitive contract for a period of no longer than 5 years. When a competitive contract expires, or is terminated for any reason, the Administration shall again offer to procure the covered services by contract with a sheltered workshop before procuring the covered services by competitive contract. SUBCHAPTER VI—MOTOR VEHICLE POOLS AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS §601. Purposes In order to provide an economical and efficient system for transportation of Federal Government personnel and property consistent with section 101 of this title, the purposes of this subchapter are— (1) to establish procedures to ensure Scife operation of motor vehicles on Government business; (2) to provide for proper identification of Government motor vehicles; (3) to establish an effective means to limit the use of Government motor vehicles to official purposes; (4) to reduce the number of Government-owned vehicles to the minimum necessary to transact public business; and (5) to provide wherever practicable for centrally operated interagency pools or systems for local transportation of Government personnel and property. §602. Authority to establish motor vehicle pools and transportation systems (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 603 of this title, and regulations issued under section 603, the Administrator of General Services shall— (1) take over from executive agencies and consolidate, or otherwise acquire, motor vehicles and related equipment and supplies; (2) provide for the establishment, maintenance, and operation (including servicing and storage) of motor vehicle pools or systems; and (3) furnish motor vehicles and related services to executive agencies for the treinsportation of property and passengers. (b) METHODS OF PROVIDING VEHICLES AND SERVICES.— As determined by the Administrator, motor vehicles and related services may be furnished by providing an agency with— (1) Federal Government-owned motor vehicles; (2) the use of motor vehicles, under rental or other arrangements, through private fleet operators, taxicab companies, or local or interstate common carriers; or (3) both.

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