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20 U.S.C. 1018a: Procurement flexibility
Created in 1998 by Public Law 89-329. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.
12 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Department of Education Acquisition Regulation (12).
- past change
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This Congress
No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
2018
- Pub. L. 115–232, §836(g)(2)(A), in heading, substituted "commercial products and commercial services" for "commercial items" and, in text, substituted "that commercial products or commercial services will be offered for a procurement, the PBO may use (consistent with the special rules … (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (e)
- Pub. L. 115–232, §836(g)(2)(B)(i), substituted "products and services" for "items" in heading. (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (f)
- Pub. L. 115–232, §836(g)(2)(B)(ii), (iii), substituted "products and services" for "items" in heading and "a commercial product or a commercial service" for "a commercial item" in text. (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (f)
- Pub. L. 115–232, §836(g)(2)(C)(i), substituted "services" for "items" in heading. (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (h)
- Pub. L. 115–232, §836(g)(2)(C)(ii), substituted "commercial services" for "commercial items" in introductory provisions. (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (h)
- Pub. L. 115–232, §836(g)(2)(D)(ii), added pars. (1) and (2) and struck out former par. (1) which defined "commercial item". Former par. (2) redesignated (3). (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (l), (2)
- Pub. L. 115–232, §836(g)(2)(D)(i), (iii), redesignated par. (2) as (3) and substituted "in section 152 of title 41." for "in section 309(b) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 259(b))." Former par. (3) redesignated (4). (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (l)
- Pub. L. 115–232, §836(g)(2)(D)(i), redesignated par. (3) as (4). Former par. (4) redesignated (5). (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (l)
- Pub. L. 115–232, §836(g)(2)(D)(i), (iv), redesignated par. (4) as (5) and substituted, in heading, "commercial products and commercial services" for "commercial items" and, in text, "commercial products and commercial services" for "commercial items" and "pursuant to sections 1901 a… (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (l)
- Pub. L. 115–232, §836(g)(2)(D)(i), (v), redesignated par. (5) as (6) and substituted "pursuant to sections 1901(a)(1) and 3305(a)(1) of title 41." for "pursuant to section 303(g)(1)(B) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253(g)(1)(A)) and secti… (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (l)
2008
- Pub. L. 110–315, §118(1)(A), struck out "for information systems supporting the programs authorized under subchapter IV" after "enter into contracts" and "and" after semicolon. (Higher Education Opportunity Act) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 110–315, §118(1)(B), (C), substituted "; and" for period at end of par. (2) and added par. (3). (Higher Education Opportunity Act) Law text · (b), (3)
- Pub. L. 110–315, §118(2), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Chief Operating Officer shall, when appropriate and consistent with the purposes of the PBO, acquire services related to the subchapter IV delivery system from any… (Higher Education Opportunity Act) Law text · (c)
- Pub. L. 110–315, §118(3), struck out "on Federal Government contracts" after "performance of the offeror". (Higher Education Opportunity Act) Law text · (d)
- Pub. L. 110–315, §118(4)(A), substituted "Single-source basis" for "Sole source" in heading and "single-source" for "sole-source" in text. (Higher Education Opportunity Act) Law text · (g)
- Pub. L. 110–315, §118(4)(B), substituted "single-source" for "sole-source". (Higher Education Opportunity Act) Law text · (g)
- Pub. L. 110–315, §118(5), substituted "single-source" for "sole-source". (Higher Education Opportunity Act) Law text · (h)
- Pub. L. 110–315, §118(6), added par. (3) and struck out former par. (3). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The term 'sole-source basis', with respect to an award of a contract, means that the contract is awarded to a source after soliciting an offer or offers from, and nego… (Higher Education Opportunity Act) Law text · (l)
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.