Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 121.djvu/2100

 PUBLIC LAW 110–161—DEC. 26, 2007

121 STAT. 2079

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and Executive Management, the Office of the Under Secretary for Management and the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, may be obligated for a grant or contract awarded by a means other than full and open competition. (b) This section does not apply to obligation of funds for a contract awarded— (1) by a means that is required by a Federal statute, including obligation for a purchase made under a mandated preferential program, such as the AbilityOne Program, that is authorized under the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c); or (2) under the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.). (c) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive the application of this section to the award of a contract in the period of a national emergency determined by the Secretary. (d) In addition to the requirements established by this section, the Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security shall review departmental contracts awarded through other than full and open competition to assess departmental compliance with applicable laws and regulations: Provided, That the Inspector General shall review selected contracts awarded during the previous fiscal year through other than full and open competition: Provided further, That in determining which contracts to review, the Inspector General shall consider the cost and complexity of the goods and services to be provided under the contract, the criticality of the contract to fulfilling Department missions, past performance problems on similar contracts or by the selected vendor, complaints received about the award process or contractor performance, and such other factors as the Inspector General deems relevant: Provided further, That the Inspector General shall report the results of the reviews to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives. SEC. 540. Section 44940(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking the period in the last sentence of subparagraph (A) and the clause (iv) of subparagraph B and adding the following, ‘‘except for estimates and additional collections made pursuant to the appropriation for Aviation Security in Public Law 108–334: Provided, That such judicial review shall be pursuant to section 46110 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That such judicial review shall be limited only to additional amounts collected by the Secretary before October 1, 2007.’’. SEC. 541. None of the funds provided by this or previous appropriations Acts shall be used to fund any position designated as a Principal Federal Official for any Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act declared disasters or emergencies. SEC. 542. Section 46301(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(6) FAILURE TO COLLECT AIRPORT SECURITY BADGES.— Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any employer (other than a governmental entity or airport operator) who employs an employee to whom an airport security badge or other identifier used to obtain access to a secure area of an airport is issued before, on, or after the date of enactment of this paragraph and who does not collect or make reasonable efforts to collect such badge from the employee on the date that the employment of the employee is terminated and does not notify the operator

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