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 PUBLIC LAW 107-217—AUG. 21, 2002 116 STAT. 1251 required by law or are appropriate for the purchase of commercial items; and (iii) agrees to establish and update prices, features, and performance and to accept orders electronicsdly through the automated system established pursuant to subsection (a). (3) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW AND REPORT.— (A) AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT REVIEW AND MAKE REPORT.— Not later than three years after the date on which the pilot program is established, the Comptroller General shall review the pilot program and report to Congress on the results of the pilot program. (B) CONTENT OF REPORT.— The report shall include the following: (i) An evaluation of the extent to which there is competition for the orders placed under the pilot progreun. (ii) The effect that the streEunlined procedures under the pilot program have on prices charged under multiple award schedule contracts. (iii) The effect that those procedures have on paperwork requirements for multiple award schedule contracts and orders. (iv) The impact of the pilot program on smsQl businesses and socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses. (4) WITHDRAWAL OF SCHEDULE OR PORTION OF SCHEDULE FROM PILOT PROGRAM. — (A) WHEN ALLOWED.—The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy may withdraw a multiple aw£U"d schedule or portion of a schedule from the pilot progreun if the Administrator determines that— (i) price competition is not avgdlable under that schedule or portion of that schedule; or (ii) the cost to the Government for that schedule or portion for the previous year was higher than it would have been if the contract for that schedule or portion had been awarded using procedures that would apply if the pilot program were not in effect. (B) NOTICE. —The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall notify Congress at least 30 days before the date on which the Administrator withdraws a schedule or portion under this paragraph. (C) AUTHORITY NOT DELEGABLE.—The authority under this paragraph may not be delegated. (5) TERMINATION OF PILOT PROGRAM.— Unless reauthorized by law, the authority of the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to award contracts under the pilot progrsun shall expire four years Eifter the date on which the pilot program is established. A contract entered into before the authority expires remains in effect according to the terms of the contract after the expiration of the authority to award new contracts under the pilot program.

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