IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1401 
Directing the Committee on House Administration 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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2024 
Ms. CROCKETT (for herself, Mr. MOLINARO, Mr. LOUDERMILK, and Mr. 
THOMPSON of California) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on House Administration 
RESOLUTION 
Directing the Committee on House Administration 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 (com-
monly known as the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act), and for 
other purposes. 
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, 
SECTION 1. PROMOTING PROCUREMENT OF ABILITYONE 
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES. 
(a) UPDATE TO GENERAL GUIDELINES.— 
(1) PROCUREMENT
BY
CAO.—Not later than 
January 1, 2025, the Committee on House Adminis-
tration shall update the Committee document enti-
tled ‘‘Guidelines for Procurement of Goods and 
Services for the U.S. House of Representatives’’ to 
direct the Chief Administrative Officer to procure, to 
the maximum extent practicable, products and serv-
ices which are included on the AbilityOne Procure-
ment List from Participating AbilityOne Agencies. 
(2) APPLICABILITY
TO
ALL
PRODUCTS
AND 
SERVICES
PROCURED.—Paragraph (1) shall apply 
with respect to products and services procured by 
the Chief Administrative Officer for the use of Office 
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of the Chief Administrative Officer or any other of-
fice of the House, including products and services 
which are procured by the Chief Administrative Offi-
cer and made available to other offices of the House 
through the House Supply Store. 
(b) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR HOUSE SUPPLY 
STORE.—Not later than January 1, 2025, the Committee 
on House Administration shall take the following actions 
with respect to the operation of the House Supply Store: 
(1) Ensuring that on the internal website of the 
House Supply Store, AbilityOne products and serv-
ices are ranked as the first result in generic product 
filters and generic product searches. 
(2) Including on the homepage of the internal 
website of the House Supply Store a separate 
hyperlink through which users may find all of the 
products and services of the Store which are 
AbilityOne products and services. 
(3) The placement of permanent signage in 
prominent locations in the Store which identifies 
AbilityOne products and services. 
(c) NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION PROGRAM.— 
(1) INCLUSION
OF
INFORMATION
IN
PRO-
GRAM.—As part of the orientation program for 
Members-elect, the Committee on House Administra-
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tion, in consultation with the Director of the Con-
gressional Research Service, shall develop program-
ming and other events to provide Members-elect with 
information on— 
(A) an overview of the AbilityOne Pro-
gram; 
(B) the economic impact of such program 
nationally, and to the best approximation, the 
economic impact of the program on the State 
and congressional district of each Member-elect; 
and 
(C) maximizing an office’s procurement 
from AbilityOne Participating Agencies. 
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Paragraph (1) shall 
apply with respect to the orientation program for 
Members-elect to the One Hundred Nineteenth Con-
gress and each succeeding Congress. 
SEC. 2. ABILITYONE REPRESENTATIVE. 
(a) DESIGNATION OF POSITION.— 
(1) OFFICE OF THE CAO.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the adoption of this resolution, 
the Chief Administrative Officer shall designate an 
employee in the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer to serve in a position to be known as the 
‘‘AbilityOne Representative’’. 
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