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98 STAT. 1186

PUBLIC LAW 98-369—JULY 18, 1984

"(5) the head of an agency use advance procurement planning and market research and prepare contract specifications in such a manner as is necessary to obtain full and open competition with due regard to the nature of the property or services to be acquired; and "(6) the head of an agency encourage the development and maintenance of a procurement career management program to ensure a professional procurement work force. "(b) Further, it is the policy of Congress that procurement policies and procedures for the agencies named in section 2303 of this title shall in accordance with the requirements of this chapter— "(1) promote full and open competition; "(2) be implemented to support the requirements of such agencies in time of war or national emergency as well as in peacetime; "(3) promote responsiveness of the procurement system to agency needs by simplifying and streamlining procurement processes; "(4) promote the attainment and maintenance of essential capability in the defense industrial base and the capability of the United States for industrial mobilization; "(5) provide incentives to encourage contractors to take actions and make recommendations that would reduce the costs to the United States relating to the purchase or use of property or services to be acquired under contracts; "(6) promote the use of commercial products whenever practicable; and "(7) require descriptions of agency requirements, whenever practicable, in terms of functions to be performed or performance required. "(c) Further, it is the policy of Congress that a fair proportion of the purchases and contracts entered into under this chapter be placed with small business concerns.". CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 137 OF TITLE 10 TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE; DEFINITIONS

SEC. 2722. (a) Section 2302 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

40 USC 541.

"§ 2302. Definitions "In this chapter: "(1) 'Head of an agency' means the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. "(2) 'Competitive procedures' means procedures under which the head of an agency enters into a contract pursuant to full and open competition. Such term also includes— "(A) procurement of architectural or engineering services conducted in accordance with title IX of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 541 et seq.); "(B) the competitive selection for award of basic research proposals resulting from a general solicitation and the peer

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