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[CITE: 31USC1558]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                     SUBTITLE II--THE BUDGET PROCESS
 
                  CHAPTER 15--APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTING
 
                     SUBCHAPTER IV--CLOSING ACCOUNTS
 
Sec. 1558. Availability of funds following resolution of a 
        formal protest or other challenge
        
    (a) Notwithstanding section 1552 of this title or any other 
provision of law, funds available to an agency for obligation for a 
contract at the time a protest or other action referred to in subsection 
(b) is filed in connection with a solicitation for, proposed award of, 
or award of such contract shall remain available for obligation for 100 
days after the date on which the final ruling is made on the protest or 
other action. A ruling is considered final on the date on which the time 
allowed for filing an appeal or request for reconsideration has expired, 
or the date on which a decision is rendered on such an appeal or 
request, whichever is later.
    (b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to--
        (1) any protest filed under subchapter V of chapter 35 of this 
    title; or
        (2) an action commenced under administrative procedures or for a 
    judicial remedy if--
            (A) the action involves a challenge to--
                (i) a solicitation for a contract;
                (ii) a proposed award of a contract;
                (iii) an award of a contract; or
                (iv) the eligibility of an offeror or potential offeror 
            for a contract or of the contractor awarded the contract; 
            and

            (B) commencement of the action delays or prevents an 
        executive agency from making an award of a contract or 
        proceeding with a procurement.

(Added Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 813(a), Nov. 29, 1989, 
103 Stat. 1494; amended Pub. L. 104-106, div. E, title LV, Sec. 5502(a), 
(b), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 698, 699.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 5502(b), substituted ``of a formal 
protest or other challenge'' for ``of a protest'' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 5502(a)(1), inserted ``or other 
action referred to in subsection (b)'' after ``time a protest'', 
substituted ``100 days'' for ``90 working days'', and inserted ``or 
other action'' after ``on the protest''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 5502(a)(2), added subsec. (b) and 
struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: ``Subsection (a) 
applies with respect to any protest filed under subchapter V of chapter 
35 of this title or under section 111(f) of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 759(f)).''


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-106 effective 180 days after Feb. 10, 1996, 
see section 5701 of Pub. L. 104-106, set out as an Effective Date note 
under section 1401 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
