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 117 STAT. 1556

PUBLIC LAW 108–136—NOV. 24, 2003

Subtitle E—Acquisition-Related Reports and Other Matters SEC. 851. REPORT ON CONTRACT PAYMENTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES.

(a) REPORT.—The Comptroller General shall prepare and submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the timeliness of contract payments made to small businesses during fiscal years 2001 and 2002 by the Department of Defense. The report shall include an estimate of the following: (1) The total amount of contract payments made by the Department to small businesses. (2) The percentage of total contract payments to small businesses that were not made in a timely manner. (3) The reasons that contract payments to small businesses were not made in a timely manner. (4) The amount of interest owed and paid by the Department to small businesses due to contract payments not made in a timely manner. (5) Such recommendations as the Comptroller General considers appropriate to improve the process for making contract payments to small businesses in a timely manner. (b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of subsection (a)— (1) a payment is considered not made in a timely manner if it caused interest to accrue under chapter 39 of title 31, United States Code (relating to prompt payment); and (2) the term ‘‘small business’’ means an entity that qualifies as a small business concern under the Small Business Act. SEC. 852. CONTRACTING WITH EMPLOYERS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

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(a) INAPPLICABILITY OF RANDOLPH-SHEPPARD ACT.—The Randolph-Sheppard Act does not apply to any contract described in subsection (b) for so long as the contract is in effect, including for any period for which the contract is extended pursuant to an option provided in the contract. (b) JAVITS-WAGNER-O’DAY CONTRACTS.—Subsection (a) applies to any contract for the operation of a military mess hall, military troop dining facility, or any similar dining facility operated for the purpose of providing meals to members of the Armed Forces that— (1) was entered into before the date of the enactment of this Act with a nonprofit agency for the blind or an agency for other severely handicapped in compliance with section 3 of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 48); and (2) is in effect on such date. (c) ENACTMENT OF POPULAR NAME AS SHORT TITLE.—The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the operation of stands in Federal buildings by blind persons, to enlarge the economic opportunities of the blind, and for other purposes’’, approved June 20, 1936 (commonly known as the ‘‘Randolph-Sheppard Act’’) (20 U.S.C. 107 et seq.), is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ‘‘SEC. 11. This Act may be cited as the ‘Randolph-Sheppard Act’.’’.

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