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[CITE: 40USC1471]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
              CHAPTER 25--INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
 
    SUBCHAPTER III--INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION PILOT PROGRAMS
 
                    Part A--Conduct of Pilot Programs
 
Sec. 1471. Authority to conduct pilot programs


(a) In general

                             (1) Purpose

        The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy (hereinafter 
    referred to as the ``Administrator''), in consultation with the 
    Administrator for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
    may conduct pilot programs in order to test alternative approaches 
    for acquisition of information technology by executive agencies.

       (2) Multiagency, multi-activity conduct of each program

        Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, each pilot 
    program conducted under this subchapter shall be carried out in not 
    more than two procuring activities in each of the executive agencies 
    that are designated by the Administrator in accordance with this 
    subchapter to carry out the pilot program. The head of each 
    designated executive agency shall, with the approval of the 
    Administrator, select the procuring activities of the executive 
    agency that are to participate in the test and shall designate a 
    procurement testing official who shall be responsible for the 
    conduct and evaluation of the pilot program within the executive 
    agency.

(b) Limitations

                             (1) Number

        Not more than two pilot programs may be conducted under the 
    authority of this subchapter, including one pilot program each 
    pursuant to the requirements of sections 1491 and 1492 of this 
    title.

                             (2) Amount

        The total amount obligated for contracts entered into under the 
    pilot programs conducted under the authority of this subchapter may 
    not exceed $750,000,000. The Administrator shall monitor such 
    contracts and ensure that contracts are not entered into in 
    violation of the limitation in the preceding sentence.

(c) Period of programs

                           (1) In general

        Subject to paragraph (2), any pilot program may be carried out 
    under this subchapter for the period, not in excess of five years, 
    that is determined by the Administrator as being sufficient to 
    establish reliable results.

                (2) Continuing validity of contracts

        A contract entered into under the pilot program before the 
    expiration of that program shall remain in effect according to the 
    terms of the contract after the expiration of the program.

(Pub. L. 104-106, div. E, title LIII, Sec. 5301, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 
Stat. 691.)


                             Effective Date

    Subchapter effective 180 days after Feb. 10, 1996, see section 5701 
of Pub. L. 104-106, set out as a note under section 1401 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1472 of this title.
