Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 3.djvu/700

 98 STAT. 3072

Effective date. 41 USC 253d ^°^^-

PUBLIC LAW 98-577—OCT. 30, 1984

"(d)(1) Upon a failure by the contractor or subcontractor to submit any response under subsection (b), the contracting officer shall issue a decision pertaining to the validity of the asserted restriction. "(2) If a justification is submitted in response to the notice provided pursuant to subsection (b), a contracting officer shall within 60 days of receipt of any justification submitted, issue a decision or notify the party asserting the restriction of the time within which a decision will be issued. "(e) If a claim pertaining to the validity of the asserted restriction is submitted in writing to a contracting officer by a contractor or subcontractor at any tier, such claim shall be considered a claim within the meaning of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). "(f)(1) If, upon final disposition, the contracting officer's challenge to the restriction on the right of the United States to use such technical data is sustained— "(A) the restriction on the right of the United States to use the technical data shall be cancelled; and "(B) if the asserted restriction is found not to be substantially justified, the contractor or subcontractor, as appropriate, shall be liable to the United States for payment of the cost to the United States of reviewing the asserted restriction and the fees and other expenses (as defined in section 2412(d)(2)(A) of title 28) incurred by the United States in challenging the asserted restriction, unless special circumstances would make such payment unjust. "(2) If, upon final disposition, the contracting officer's challenge to the restriction on the right of the United States to use such technical data is not sustained— "(A) the United States shall continue to be bound by the restriction; and "(B) the United States shall be liable for payment to the party asserting the restriction for fees and other expenses (as defined in section 2412(d)(2)(A) of title 28) incurred by the party asserting the restriction in defending the asserted restriction if the challenge by the United States is found not to be made in good faith.". (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to solicitations issued more than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. COMMERCIAL PRICING FOR SUPPLIES

SEC. 204. (a) Title III of the Act is further amended by inserting after section 308E (as added by section 203 of this Act) the following new section: "COMMERCIAL PRICING FOR SUPPUES

41 USC 253e.

"SEC. 303F. (a) Except in the case of an offer submitted with a written statement under subsection (b)(2) and except as provided in subsection (c), a contract entered into using other than competitive procedures by an executive agency for the purchase of items that are offered for sale to the public may not result in a price to the United States that exceeds the lowest price at which such items are sold by the contractor to the public. "(b) A person who submits an offer to an executive agency for the supply of items that it offers for sale to the public (1) shall certify in

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