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 98 STAT. 3080

Disadvantaged persons.

PUBLIC LAW 98-577—OCT. 30, 1984

their subcontracts with small business concerns and small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.". (b) Section 8(d)(3)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)(A)) is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ", including contracts and subcontracts for subsystems, assemblies, components, and related services for major systems. It is further the policy of the United States that its prime contractors establish procedures to ensure the timely payment of amounts due pursuant to the terms of their subcontracts with small business concerns and small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.". BREAKOUT PROCUREMENT CENTER REPRESENTATIVES

SEC. 403. (a) Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (1) as subsection (m); and (2) by inserting after subsection (k) the following new subsection: "(1)(1) The Administration shall assign to each major procurement center a breakout procurement center representative with such assistance as may be appropriate. The breakout procurement center representative shall carry out the activities described in paragraph (2), and shall be an advocate for the breakout of items for procurement through full and open competition, whenever appropriate, while maintaining the integrity of the system in which such items are used, and an advocate for the use of full and open competition, whenever appropriate, for the procurement of supplies and services by such center. Any breakout procurement center representative assigned under this subsection shall be in addition to the representative referred to in subsection (k)(6). "(2) In addition to carrying out the responsibilities assigned by the Administration, a breakout procurement center representative is authorized to— "(A) attend any provisioning conference or similar evaluation session during which determinations are made as to whether requirements are to be procured through other than full and open competition and make recommendations with respect to such requirements to the members of such conference or session; "(B) review, at any time, restrictions on competition previously imposed on items through acquisition method coding or similar procedures, and recommend to personnel of the appropriate activity the prompt reevaluation of such limitations; "(C) review restrictions on competition arising out of restrictions on the rights of the United States in technical data, and, when appropriate, recommend that personnel of the appropriate activity initiate a review of the validity of such an asserted restriction; "(D) obtain from any governmental source, and make available to personnel of the appropriate activity, unrestricted technical data necessary for the preparation of a competitive solicitation package for any item of supply or service previously procured noncompetitively due to the unavailability of such unrestricted technical data;

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