IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 123 
Directing legislative branch support offices to take certain actions to promote 
the procurement of goods and services from the AbilityOne program 
established under chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code (commonly 
known as the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act), and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2024 
Ms. CROCKETT (for herself, Mr. MOLINARO, Mr. LOUDERMILK, and Mr. 
THOMPSON of California) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Directing legislative branch support offices to take certain 
actions to promote the procurement of goods and services 
from the AbilityOne program established under chapter 
85 of title 41, United States Code (commonly known 
as the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act), and for other pur-
poses. 
Whereas in 1971, Congress passed the Javits-Wagner-O’Day 
Act to advance employment opportunities for Americans 
who are blind or who have significant disabilities by re-
quiring the Federal Government, including legislative en-
tities, when seeking to procure a product or service, to 
first assess whether their needs can be met by products 
or services provided by Ability One Participating Agen-
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cies and included on the AbilityOne Procurement List 
maintained by the AbilityOne Commission; and 
Whereas, as a result of the AbilityOne Program, tens of thou-
sands of Americans who are blind or who have significant 
disabilities, including a large and growing number of re-
turning veterans, are employed at competitive wages pro-
viding products and services to the Federal Government, 
greatly enhancing their self-sufficiency and providing crit-
ical career skills: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), 
SECTION 1. APPOINTMENT OF ABILITYONE REPRESENTA-
TIVE. 
(a) DESIGNATION OF POSITION.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the adoption of this resolution, the 
head of each Legislative Branch Support Office shall des-
ignate an employee in the Office to serve in a position 
to be known as the ‘‘AbilityOne Representative’’. 
(b) 
DUTIES.—The 
employee 
serving 
as 
the 
AbilityOne Representative of a Legislative Branch Sup-
port Office shall carry out the following duties: 
(1) Promoting the purchase and use of 
AbilityOne products and services within the office. 
(2) Providing the data required for preparing 
the annual report required under section 2. 
(3) Ensuring compliance with AbilityOne Com-
mission regulations, as applicable. 
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AbilityOne program, an explanation of why the prod-
uct or service was procured from a source outside of 
the AbilityOne program; 
(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. 3. 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 
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by the AbilityOne Commission to be suitable to be 
procured 
by 
the 
Federal 
Government 
from 
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 ‘‘Legislative Branch Support Of-
fice’’ means an office for which appropriations for 
salaries and expenses for a fiscal year are provided 
by the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for 
such fiscal year, except that such term does not in-
clude any office of the House of Representatives or 
Senate. 
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