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(2) DUTIES.—The employee serving as the 
AbilityOne Representative shall carry out the fol-
lowing duties: 
(A) Promoting the purchase and use of 
AbilityOne products and services within the Of-
fice of the Chief Administrative Officer. 
(B) Providing the data required for pre-
paring the annual report required under section 
3. 
(C) Ensuring compliance with AbilityOne 
Commission regulations, as applicable. 
(D) Serving as a liaison to Members of the 
House of Representatives, AbilityOne Partici-
pating Agencies, the AbilityOne Commission, 
and the Commission’s central nonprofit coordi-
nating agencies on matters in the Office which 
relate to the AbilityOne program. 
(E) Developing and monitoring the imple-
mentation of a written strategic plan for in-
creasing procurement by the Office from the 
AbilityOne program. 
(b) APPLICATION
TO OTHER SUPPORT OFFICES 
UPON DIRECTION OF COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINIS-
TRATION.—The Committee on House Administration may 
direct a support office of the House to designate an em-
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ployee of the office to serve in the position of AbilityOne 
Representative in the same manner and subject to the 
same terms and conditions which apply under subsection 
(a) to the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer. 
SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT. 
Not later than January 1 of each calendar year, be-
ginning with 2025, the Chief Administrative Officer shall 
submit to the Committee on House Administration a re-
port on— 
(1) the total amount spent on the procurement 
of products and services by the Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer during the previous fiscal 
year; 
(2) of the amount described in paragraph (1), 
the total amount spent on AbilityOne products and 
services; 
(3) of the products and services described in 
paragraph (1), a description of the products or serv-
ices which were purchased from the AbilityOne pro-
gram and which were not; 
(4) for each product and service described in 
paragraph (3) which was not purchased from the 
AbilityOne program, an explanation of why the prod-
uct or service was procured from a source outside of 
the AbilityOne program; 
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(5) qualitative information on efforts to in-
crease procurement through the AbilityOne program; 
and 
(6) qualitative information on any obstacles 
faced in increasing procurement from the AbilityOne 
program. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this resolution, the following definitions apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘AbilityOne Commission’’ means 
the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are 
Blind or Severely Disabled established under section 
8502 of title 41, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘AbilityOne Participating Agen-
cy’’ means a nonprofit agency for the blind or a non-
profit agency employing persons with significant dis-
abilities which is authorized by the AbilityOne Com-
mission to provide products or services pursuant to 
chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code (com-
monly known as the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act), and 
associated regulations. 
(3) The term ‘‘AbilityOne Procurement List’’ 
means the list of products and services determined 
by the AbilityOne Commission to be suitable to be 
procured 
by 
the 
Federal 
Government 
from 
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AbilityOne Participating Agencies pursuant to sec-
tion 8503 of title 41, United States Code. 
(4) The term ‘‘AbilityOne program’’ means the 
program established under chapter 85 of title 41, 
United States Code (commonly known as the Javits- 
Wagner-O’Day Act). 
(5) The term ‘‘Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ includes a Delegate or Resident Com-
missioner to the Congress. 
(6) The term ‘‘support office of the House’’ 
means an office of the House other than the office 
of a Member of the House of Representatives, the 
office of a committee (including a select committee), 
or a House leadership office. 
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