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§ 8502. Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind 
or Severely Disabled 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is a Committee for Purchase From People 
Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled. 
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Committee consists of 15 members appointed by 
the President as follows: 
(1) One officer or employee from each of the following, nominated 
by the head of the department or agency: 
(A) The Department of Agriculture. 
(B) The Department of Defense. 
(C) The Department of the Army. 
(D) The Department of the Navy. 
(E) The Department of the Air Force. 
(F) The Department of Education. 
(G) The Department of Commerce. 
(H) The Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(I) The Department of Justice. 
(J) The Department of Labor. 
(K) The General Services Administration. 
(2) One member from individuals who are not officers or employees 
of the Federal Government and who are conversant with the problems 
incident to the employment of the blind. 
(3) One member from individuals who are not officers or employees 
of the Federal Government and who are conversant with the problems 
incident to the employment of other severely disabled individuals. 
(4) One member from individuals who are not officers or employees 
of the Federal Government and who represent blind individuals em-
ployed in qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind. 
(5) One member from individuals who are not officers or employees 
of the Federal Government and who represent severely disabled individ-
uals (other than blind individuals) employed in qualified nonprofit 
agencies for other severely disabled individuals. 
(c) TERMS OF OFFICE.—Members appointed under paragraph (2), (3), 
(4), or (5) of subsection (b) shall be appointed for terms of 5 years and 
may be reappointed if the member meets the qualifications prescribed by 
those paragraphs. 
(d) CHAIRMAN.—The members of the Committee shall elect one of the 
members to be Chairman. 
(e) VACANCY.— 
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(1) MANNER IN WHICH FILLED.—A vacancy in the membership of 
the Committee shall be filled in the manner in which the original ap-
pointment was made. 
(2) UNFULFILLED TERM.—A member appointed under paragraph 
(2), (3), (4), or (5) of subsection (b) to fill a vacancy occurring prior 
to the expiration of the term for which the predecessor was appointed 
shall be appointed only for the remainder of the term. The member 
may serve after the expiration of a term until a successor takes office. 
(f) PAY AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.— 
(1) AMOUNT TO WHICH MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), members of the Committee are entitled to re-
ceive the daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay 
payable under section 5376 of title 5 for each day (including travel- 
time) during which they perform services for the Committee. A member 
is entitled to travel expenses, including a per diem allowance instead 
of subsistence, as provided under section 5703 of title 5. 
(2) OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.— 
Members who are officers or employees of the Federal Government may 
not receive additional pay because of their service on the Committee. 
(g) STAFF.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION.—Subject to rules the Com-
mittee may adopt and to chapters 33 and 51 and subchapter III of 
chapter 53 of title 5, the Chairman may appoint and fix the pay of 
personnel the Committee determines are necessary to assist it in car-
rying out this chapter. 
(2) PERSONNEL FROM OTHER ENTITIES.—On request of the Com-
mittee, the head of an entity of the Federal Government may detail, 
on a reimbursable basis, any personnel of the entity to the Committee 
to assist it in carrying out this chapter. 
(h) OBTAINING OFFICIAL INFORMATION.—The Committee may secure di-
rectly from an entity of the Federal Government information necessary to 
enable it to carry out this chapter. On request of the Chairman, the head 
of the entity shall furnish the information to the Committee. 
(i) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.—The Administrator of General 
Services shall provide to the Committee, on a reimbursable basis, adminis-
trative support services the Committee requests. 
(j) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than December 31 of each year, the 
Committee shall transmit to the President a report that includes the names 
of the Committee members serving in the prior fiscal year, the dates of 
Committee meetings in that year, a description of the activities of the Com-
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mittee under this chapter in that year, and any recommendations for 
changes in this chapter which the Committee determines are necessary. 
§ 8503. Duties and powers of the Committee 
(a) PROCUREMENT LIST.— 
(1) MAINTENANCE OF LIST.—The Committee shall maintain and 
publish in the Federal Register a procurement list. The list shall in-
clude the following products and services determined by the Committee 
to be suitable for the Federal Government to procure pursuant to this 
chapter: 
(A) Products produced by a qualified nonprofit agency for the 
blind or by a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely disabled. 
(B) The services those agencies provide. 
(2) CHANGES TO LIST.—The Committee may, by rule made in ac-
cordance with the requirements of section 553(b) to (e) of title 5, add 
to and remove from the procurement list products so produced and 
services so provided. 
(b) FAIR MARKET PRICE.—The Committee shall determine the fair mar-
ket price of products and services contained on the procurement list that 
are offered for sale to the Federal Government by a qualified nonprofit 
agency for the blind or a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely dis-
abled. The Committee from time to time shall revise its price determinations 
with respect to those products and services in accordance with changing 
market conditions. 
(c) CENTRAL NONPROFIT AGENCY OR AGENCIES.—The Committee shall 
designate a central nonprofit agency or agencies to facilitate the distribu-
tion, by direct allocation, subcontract, or any other means, of orders of the 
Federal Government for products and services on the procurement list 
among qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or qualified nonprofit agen-
cies for other severely disabled. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Committee— 
(1) may prescribe regulations regarding specifications for products 
and services on the procurement list, the time of their delivery, and 
other matters as necessary to carry out this chapter; and 
(2) shall prescribe regulations providing that when the Federal Gov-
ernment purchases products produced and offered for sale by qualified 
nonprofit agencies for the blind or qualified nonprofit agencies for 
other severely disabled, priority shall be given to products produced and 
offered for sale by qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind. 
(e) STUDY
AND EVALUATION
OF ACTIVITIES.—The Committee shall 
make a continuing study and evaluation of its activities under this chapter 
to ensure effective and efficient administration of this chapter. The Com-
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