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 PUBLIC LAW 98-577—OCT. 30, 1984

98 STAT. 3077

of the officer or employee of the executive agency from whom the full text may be obtained; and "(2) a request for interested parties to submit comments on the proposal and shall include the name and address of the officer or employee of the Government designated to receive such comments. "(d)(1) The requirements of subsections (a) and (b) may be waived by the officer authorized to issue a procurement policy, regulation, procedure, or form if urgent and compelling circumstances make compliance with such requirements impracticable. "(2) A procurement policy, regulation, procedure, or form with respect to which the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) are waived under paragraph (1) shall be effective on a temporary basis if— "(A) a notice of such procurement policy, regulation, procedure, or form is published in the Federal Register and includes a statement that the procurement policy, regulation, procedure, or form is temporary; and "(B) provision is made for a public comment period of 30 days beginning on the date on which the notice is published. After considering the comments received, the head of the agency waiving the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) under paragraph (1) may issue the final procurement policy, regulation, procedure, or form.". (b) The procedures required by the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to procurement policies, regulations, procedures, or forms that an agency issues in final form on or after the date which is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (c)(1) Section 2303a of title 10, United States Code, is repealed. (2) The table of sections of chapter 137 of such title is amended by striking out the item pertaining to section 2303a.

Effective date. 41 USC 418b note. Ante, p. 2590.

PROCUREMENT NOTICES

SEC. 303. (a) Section 18 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act is amended to read as follows: PROCUREMENT NOTICE

"SEC. 18. (a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (c)— "(A) an executive agency intending to— "(i) solicit bids or proposals for a contract for property or services for a price expected to exceed $10,000; or "(ii) place an order, expected to exceed $10,000, under a basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or similar arrangement, shall furnish for publication by the Secretary of Commerce a notice described in subsection (b); and "(B) an executive agency awarding a contract for property or services for a price exceeding $25,000, or placing an order referred to in clause (AKii) exceeding $25,000, shall furnish for publication by the Secretary of Commerce a notice announcing the award or order if there is likely to be any subcontract under such contract or order. "(2) The Secretary of Commerce shall publish promptly in the Commerce Business Daily each notice required by paragraph (1).

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