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 118 STAT. 3267 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 (2) such request is required due to extraordinary cir cumstances involving national security. SEC. 513. The cost accounting standards promulgated under section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (Public Law 93–400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. SEC. 514. For the purpose of resolving litigation and imple menting any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area cost of living allowance program, the Office of Personnel Manage ment may accept and utilize (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available to the Office pursuant to court approval. SEC. 515. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefits program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions. SEC. 516. The provision of section 515 shall not apply where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. SEC. 517. In order to promote Government access to commercial information technology, the restriction on purchasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set forth in the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), shall not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government of information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, United States Code, that is a commercial item (as defined in section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)). SEC. 518. Public Law 108–199 is amended in division H, section 161, by inserting ‘‘and all Federal agencies’’ after ‘‘Office of Manage ment and Budget’’. SEC. 519. None of the funds made available in the Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce— (1) the proposed rule relating to the determination that real estate brokerage is an activity that is financial in nature or incidental to a financial activity published in the Federal Register on January 3, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 307 et seq.); or (2) the revision proposed in such rule to section 1501.2 of title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations. SEC. 520. TREATMENT OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 3(a)(42)(B) (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(42)(B)), by inserting ‘‘by the Tennessee Valley Authority or’’ after ‘‘issued or guaranteed’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following new section: ‘‘SEC. 37. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Commencing with the issuance by the Ten nessee Valley Authority of an annual report on Commission Form 10–K (or any successor thereto) for fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, the Tennessee Valley Authority shall file with the Commission, in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Commission has prescribed or may prescribe, such periodic, current, and supple mentary information, documents, and reports as would be required pursuant to section 13 if the Tennessee Valley Authority were Reports. Deadline. 15 USC 78nn. 25 USC 450 note. Abortion.

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