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(3) an international agreement to which the United States is a party. 
CHAPTER 85—COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 
PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
Sec. 
8501.
Definitions. 
8502.
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled. 
8503.
Duties and powers of the Committee. 
8504.
Procurement requirements for the Federal Government. 
8505.
Audit. 
8506.
Authorization of appropriations. 
§ 8501. Definitions 
In this chapter: 
(1) BLIND.—The term ‘‘blind’’ refers to an individual or class of in-
dividuals whose central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the bet-
ter eye with correcting lenses or whose visual acuity, if better than 20/ 
200, is accompanied by a limit to the field of vision in the better eye 
to such a degree that its widest diameter subtends an angle of no 
greater than 20 degrees. 
(2) COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Committee’’ means the Committee for 
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established 
under section 8502 of this title. 
(3) DIRECT LABOR.—The term ‘‘direct labor’’— 
(A) includes all work required for preparation, processing, and 
packing of a product, or work directly relating to the performance 
of a service; but 
(B) does not include supervision, administration, inspection, or 
shipping. 
(4) ENTITY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT.—The terms ‘‘entity of the Federal Government’’ and ‘‘Federal 
Government’’ include an entity of the legislative or judicial branch, a 
military department or executive agency (as defined in sections 102 
and 105 of title 5, respectively), the United States Postal Service, and 
a nonappropriated fund instrumentality under the jurisdiction of the 
Armed Forces. 
(5) OTHER SEVERELY DISABLED.—The term ‘‘other severely dis-
abled’’ means an individual or class of individuals under a physical or 
mental disability, other than blindness, which (according to criteria es-
tablished by the Committee after consultation with appropriate entities 
of the Federal Government and taking into account the views of non- 
Federal Government entities representing the disabled) constitutes a 
substantial handicap to employment and is of a nature that prevents 
the individual from currently engaging in normal competitive employ-
ment. 
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(6) QUALIFIED
NONPROFIT
AGENCY
FOR
OTHER
SEVERELY
DIS-
ABLED.—The term ‘‘qualified nonprofit agency for other severely dis-
abled’’ means an agency— 
(A)(i) organized under the laws of the United States or a State; 
(ii) operated in the interest of severely disabled individuals who 
are not blind; and 
(iii) of which no part of the net income of the agency inures 
to the benefit of a shareholder or other individual; 
(B) that complies with any applicable occupational health and 
safety standard prescribed by the Secretary of Labor; and 
(C) that in the production of products and in the provision of 
services (whether or not the products or services are procured 
under this chapter) during the fiscal year employs blind or other 
severely disabled individuals for at least 75 percent of the hours 
of direct labor required for the production or provision of the 
products or services. 
(7) QUALIFIED NONPROFIT AGENCY FOR THE BLIND.—The term 
‘‘qualified nonprofit agency for the blind’’ means an agency— 
(A)(i) organized under the laws of the United States or a State; 
(ii) operated in the interest of blind individuals; and 
(iii) of which no part of the net income of the agency inures 
to the benefit of a shareholder or other individual; 
(B) that complies with any applicable occupational health and 
safety standard prescribed by the Secretary of Labor; and 
(C) that in the production of products and in the provision of 
services (whether or not the products or services are procured 
under this chapter) during the fiscal year employs blind individ-
uals for at least 75 percent of the hours of direct labor required 
for the production or provision of the products or services. 
(8) SEVERELY DISABLED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘severely disabled 
individual’’ means an individual or class of individuals under a physical 
or mental disability, other than blindness, which (according to criteria 
established by the Committee after consultation with appropriate enti-
ties of the Federal Government and taking into account the views of 
non-Federal Government entities representing the disabled) constitutes 
a substantial handicap to employment and is of a nature that prevents 
the individual from currently engaging in normal competitive employ-
ment. 
(9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
Northern Mariana Islands. 
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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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