S. 2868 

One Hundred Eleventh Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten 

An Act 

To provide increased access to the Federal supply schedules of the General Services 

Administration to the American Red Cross, other qualified organizations, and 

State and local governments. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Supply Schedules Usage 

Act of 2010’’. 

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND OTHER QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS TO USE FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULES 

FOR CERTAIN GOODS AND SERVICES. 

Section 502 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by 

adding at the end the following new subsection: 

‘‘(e) USE OF SUPPLY SCHEDULES BY THE RED CROSS AND OTHER

QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may provide for the 

use by the American National Red Cross and other qualified 

organizations of Federal supply schedules. Purchases under 

this authority by the American National Red Cross shall be 

used in furtherance of the purposes of the American National 

Red Cross set forth in section 300102 of title 36, United States 

Code. Purchases under this authority by other qualified 

organizations shall be used in furtherance of purposes determined to be appropriate to facilitate emergency preparedness 

and disaster relief and set forth in guidance by the Administrator of General Services, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 

‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The authority under this subsection may 

not be used to purchase supplies for resale. 

‘‘(3) QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION.—In this subsection, the term 

‘qualified organization’ means a relief or disaster assistance 

organization as described in section 309 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

5152).’’. 

SEC. 3. DUTY OF USERS REGARDING USE OF FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULES. 

Section 502 of title 40, United States Code, as amended by 

section 2, is further amended by adding at the end the following 

new subsection: 

‘‘(f) DUTY OF USERS REGARDING USE OF SUPPLY SCHEDULES.— 

All users of Federal supply schedules, including non-Federal users, 
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shall use the schedules in accordance with the ordering guidance 

provided by the Administrator of General Services.’’. 

SEC. 4. AUTHORITY OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO USE 

SUPPLY SCHEDULES FOR CERTAIN GOODS AND SERVICES. 

Subsection (d)(1) of section 502 of title 40, United States Code, 

is amended by inserting ‘‘, to facilitate disaster preparedness or 

response,’’ after ‘‘Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)’’. 

SEC. 5. PAYGO COMPLIANCE. 

The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 

with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined 

by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 

PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 

Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 

to the vote on passage. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.