41 U.S.C. § 47 : US Code - Section 47: Duties and powers of the Committee

Search 41 U.S.C. § 47 : US Code - Section 47: Duties and powers of the Committee

(a) Procurement list: publication in Federal Register; additions
and removals
(1) The Committee shall establish and publish in the Federal
Register a list (hereafter in sections 46 to 48c of this title
referred to as the "procurement list") of -
(A) the commodities produced by any qualified nonprofit agency
for the blind or by any qualified nonprofit agency for other
severely handicapped, and
(B) the services provided by any such agency,
which the Committee determines are suitable for procurement by the
Government pursuant to sections 46 to 48c of this title. Such list
shall be established and published in the Federal Register before
the expiration of the thirty-day period beginning on Aug. 1, 1971,
and shall initially consist of the commodities contained, on such
date, in the schedule of blind-made products issued by the former
Committee on Purchases of Blind-Made Products under its
regulations.
(2) The Committee may, by rule made in accordance with the
requirements of subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of section 553
of title 5, add to and remove from the procurement list commodities
so produced and services so provided.
(b) Fair market price; price revisions
The Committee shall determine the fair market price of
commodities and services which are contained on the procurement
list and which are offered for sale to the Government by any
qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or any such agency for
other severely handicapped. The Committee shall also revise from
time to time in accordance with changing market conditions its
price determinations with respect to such commodities and services.
(c) Central nonprofit agency; designation
The Committee shall designate a central nonprofit agency or
agencies to facilitate the distribution (by direct allocation,
subcontract, or any other means) of orders of the Government for
commodities and services on the procurement list among qualified
nonprofit agencies for the blind or such agencies for other
severely handicapped.
(d) Rules and regulations; blind-made products, priority
(1) The Committee may make rules and regulations regarding (A)
specifications for commodities and services on the procurement
list, (B) the time of their delivery, and (C) such other matters as
may be necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 46 to 48c of
this title.
(2) The Committee shall prescribe regulations providing that -
(A) in the purchase by the Government of commodities produced
and offered for sale by qualified nonprofit agencies for the
blind or such agencies for other severely handicapped, priority
shall be accorded to commodities produced and offered for sale by
qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind, and
(B) in the purchase by the Government of services offered by
nonprofit agencies for the blind or such agencies for other
severely handicapped, priority shall, until the end of the
calendar year ending December 31, 1976, be accorded to services
offered for sale by qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind.
(e) Problems and production methods; study and evaluation
The Committee shall make a continuing study and evaluation of its
activities under sections 46 to 48c of this title for the purpose
of assuring effective and efficient administration of sections 46
to 48c of this title. The Committee may study (on its own or in
cooperation with other public or nonprofit private agencies) (1)
problems related to the employment of the blind and of other
severely handicapped individuals, and (2) the development and
adaptation of production methods which would enable a greater
utilization of the blind and other severely handicapped
individuals.