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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

Subtitle B — Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations

P. L. 115-

House Conference Report. 115-404

Section 2414 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in the section heading, by striking “LIMITATION” and inserting “FUNDING”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(d) Use Of Program Income.—

“(1) An eligible entity that earned income in a specified fiscal year from activities carried out pursuant to a procurement technical assistance program funded under this chapter may expend an amount of such income, not to exceed 25 percent of the cost of furnishing procurement technical assistance in such specified fiscal year, during the fiscal year following such specified fiscal year, to carry out a procurement technical assistance program funded under this chapter.

“(2) An eligible entity that does not enter into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary for a fiscal year—

“(A) shall notify the Secretary of the amount of any income the eligible entity carried over from the previous fiscal year; and

“(B) may retain an amount of such income equal to 10 percent of the value of assistance furnished by the Secretary under this section during the previous fiscal year.

“(3) In determining the value of assistance furnished by the Secretary under this section for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall account for the amount of any income the eligible entity carried over from the previous fiscal year.”.

The House bill contained a provision (sec. 853) that would amend section 2414 of title 10, United States Code, to give Procurement Technical Assistance Centers limited authority to carry over program income into the next fiscal year to further program objectives.

The Senate amendment contained no similar provision.

The Senate recedes.

The conferees expect that this authority will not result in excessive fees to small businesses for procurement technical assistance services.