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 PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

119 STAT. 3391

(b) LIMITATION ON LOANS.—From funds otherwise appropriated for loans under section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)), not more than $9,000,000 may be used during each of fiscal years 2005 through 2008, to provide drought disaster loans to nonfarm-related small business concerns in accordance with this section and the amendments made by this section. (c) PROMPT RESPONSE TO DISASTER REQUESTS.—Section 7(b)(2)(D) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘Upon receipt of such certification, the Administration may’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 30 days after the date of receipt of such certification by a Governor of a State, the Administration shall respond in writing to that Governor on its determination and the reasons therefore, and may’’. (d) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall promulgate final rules to carry out this section and the amendments made by this section.

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Deadline. 15 USC 632 note.

SEC. 846. EXTENSION OF LIMITED ACQUISITION AUTHORITY FOR THE COMMANDER OF THE UNITED STATES JOINT FORCES COMMAND.

(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (f) of section 167a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘through 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2008’’; and (2) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2008’’. (b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the implementation of section 167a of title 10, United States Code. SEC. 847. CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ‘‘SEC. 42. CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS.

41 USC 438.

‘‘(a) BOARD ESTABLISHED.—There is established in the General Services Administration a board of contract appeals to be known as the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (in this section referred to as the ‘Civilian Board’). ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.— ‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—(A) The Civilian Board shall consist of members appointed by the Administrator of General Services (in consultation with the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy) from a register of applicants maintained by the Administrator of General Services, in accordance with rules issued by the Administrator of General Services (in consultation with the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy) for establishing and maintaining a register of eligible applicants and selecting Civilian Board members. The Administrator of General Services shall appoint a member without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of the professional qualifications required to perform the duties and responsibilities of a Civilian Board member.

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