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15 U.S.C. § 657f (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 657f. Procurement program for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans
(a) Sole source contracts
In accordance with this section, a contracting officer may award a sole source contract to any small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans if—
(1) such concern is determined to be a responsible contractor with respect to performance of such contract opportunity and the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that 2 or more small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans will submit offers for the contracting opportunity;
(2) the anticipated award price of the contract (including options) will not exceed—
(A) $5,000,000, in the case of a contract opportunity assigned a standard industrial classification code for manufacturing; or
(B) $3,000,000, in the case of any other contract opportunity; and
(3) in the estimation of the contracting officer, the contract award can be made at a fair and reasonable price.
(b) Restricted competition
In accordance with this section, a contracting officer may award contracts on the basis of competition restricted to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans if the contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that not less than 2 small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans will submit offers and that the award can be made at a fair market price.
(c) Relationship to other contracting preferences
A procurement may not be made from a source on the basis of a preference provided under subsection (a) or (b) if the procurement would otherwise be made from a different source under section 4124 or 4125 of title 18 or chapter 85 of title 41.
(d) Enforcement; penalties
Rules similar to the rules of paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 637(m) of this title shall apply for purposes of this section.
(e) Contracting officer
For purposes of this section, the term “contracting officer” has the meaning given such term in section 2101(1) of title 41.
(Pub. L. 85–536, § 2[36], as added Pub. L. 108–183, title III, § 308, Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2662.)
heading: Codification
text: In subsec. (c), “chapter 85 of title 41” substituted for “the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46 et seq.)” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.
In subsec. (e), “section 2101(1) of title 41” substituted for “section 27(f)(5) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 423(f)(5))” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 2[36] of Pub. L. 85–536 was renumbered section 2[47] and is set out as a note under section 631 of this title.
15 U.S.C. § 689h (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 689h. Bank participation
(a) In general
Except as provided in subsection (b), any national bank, any member bank of the Federal Reserve System, and (to the extent permitted under applicable State law) any insured bank that is not a member of such system, may invest in any New Markets Venture Capital company, or in any entity established to invest solely in New Markets Venture Capital companies.
(b) Limitation
No bank described in subsection (a) may make investments described in such subsection that are greater than 5 percent of the capital and surplus of the bank.
(Pub. L. 85–699, title III, § 359, as added Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(8) [§ 1(b)(3)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–661.)
15 U.S.C. § 689l (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 689l. Injunctions and other orders
(a) In general
Whenever, in the judgment of the Administrator, a New Markets Venture Capital company or any other person has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which constitute or will constitute a violation of any provision of this chapter, or of any rule or regulation under this chapter, or of any order issued under this chapter, the Administrator may make application to the proper district court of the United States or a United States court of any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States for an order enjoining such acts or practices, or for an order enforcing compliance with such provision, rule, regulation, or order, and such courts shall have jurisdiction of such actions and, upon a showing by the Administrator that such New Markets Venture Capital company or other person has engaged or is about to engage in any such acts or practices, a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order, shall be granted without bond.
(b) Jurisdiction
In any proceeding under subsection (a), the court as a court of equity may, to such extent as it deems necessary, take exclusive jurisdiction of the New Market Venture Capital company and the assets thereof, wherever located, and the court shall have jurisdiction in any such proceeding to appoint a trustee or receiver to hold or administer under the direction of the court the assets so possessed.
(c) Administrator as trustee or receiver
(1) Authority
The Administrator may act as trustee or receiver of a New Markets Venture Capital company.
(2) Appointment
Upon request of the Administrator, the court may appoint the Administrator to act as a trustee or receiver of a New Markets Venture Capital company unless the court deems such appointment inequitable or otherwise inappropriate by reason of the special circumstances involved.
(Pub. L. 85–699, title III, § 363, as added Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(8) [§ 1(b)(3)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–662.)
heading: References in Text
text: For definition of “this chapter”, referred to in subsec. (a), see References in Text note set out under section 661 of this title.
15 U.S.C. § 689m (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 689m. Additional penalties for noncompliance
(a) In general
With respect to any New Markets Venture Capital company that violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, of any regulation issued under this chapter, or of any participation agreement entered into under this chapter, the Administrator may in accordance with this section—
(1) void the participation agreement between the Administrator and the company; and
(2) cause the company to forfeit all of the rights and privileges derived by the company from this chapter.
(b) Adjudication of noncompliance
(1) In general
Before the Administrator may cause a New Markets Venture Capital company to forfeit rights or privileges under subsection (a), a court of the United States of competent jurisdiction must find that the company committed a violation, or failed to comply, in a cause of action brought for that purpose in the district, territory, or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, in which the principal office of the company is located.
(2) Parties authorized to file causes of action
Each cause of action brought by the United States under this subsection shall be brought by the Administrator or by the Attorney General.
(Pub. L. 85–699, title III, § 364, as added Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(8) [§ 1(b)(3)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–663.)
heading: References in Text
text: For definition of “this chapter”, referred to in subsec. (a), see References in Text note set out under section 661 of this title.
5 U.S.C. § 9601 (GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES)
§ 9601. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter—
(1) the term “land management agency” means—
(A) the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture;
(B) the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior;
(C) the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior;
(D) the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior;
(E) the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior; and
(F) the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior; and
(2) the term “time-limited appointment” includes a temporary appointment and a term appointment, as defined by the Office of Personnel Management.
(Added Pub. L. 114–47, § 2(a), Aug. 7, 2015, 129 Stat. 485.)
5 U.S.C. § 9602 (GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES)
§ 9602. Competitive service; time-limited appointments
(a) Notwithstanding chapter 33 or any other provision of law relating to the examination, certification, and appointment of individuals in the competitive service, an employee of a land management agency serving under a time-limited appointment in the competitive service is eligible to compete for a permanent appointment in the competitive service at any land management agency or any other agency (as defined in section 101 of title 31) under the internal merit promotion procedures of the applicable agency if—
(1) the employee was appointed initially under open, competitive examination under subchapter I of chapter 33 to the time-limited appointment;
(2) the employee has served under 1 or more time-limited appointments by a land management agency for a period or periods totaling more than 24 months without a break of 2 or more years; and
(3) the employee’s performance has been at an acceptable level of performance throughout the period or periods (as the case may be) referred to in paragraph (2).
(b) In determining the eligibility of a time-limited employee under this section to be examined for or appointed in the competitive service, the Office of Personnel Management or other examining agency shall waive requirements as to age, unless the requirement is essential to the performance of the duties of the position.
(c) An individual appointed under this section—
(1) becomes a career-conditional employee, unless the employee has otherwise completed the service requirements for career tenure; and
(2) acquires competitive status upon appointment.
(d) A former employee of a land management agency who served under a time-limited appointment and who otherwise meets the requirements of this section shall be deemed a time-limited employee for purposes of this section if—
(1) such employee applies for a position covered by this section within the period of 2 years after the most recent date of separation; and
(2) such employee’s most recent separation was for reasons other than misconduct or performance.
(e) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.
(Added Pub. L. 114–47, § 2(a), Aug. 7, 2015, 129 Stat. 485.)
10 U.S.C. § 1129a (ARMED FORCES)
§ 1129a. Purple Heart: members killed or wounded in attacks by foreign terrorist organizations
(a) In General.—
For purposes of the award of the Purple Heart, the Secretary concerned shall treat a member of the armed forces described in subsection (b) in the same manner as a member who is killed or wounded as a result of an international terrorist attack against the United States.
(b) Covered Members.—
(1) A member described in this subsection is a member on active duty who was killed or wounded in an attack by a foreign terrorist organization in circumstances where the death or wound is the result of an attack targeted on the member due to such member’s status as a member of the armed forces, unless the death or wound is the result of willful misconduct of the member.
(2) For purposes of this section, an attack by an individual or entity shall be considered to be an attack by a foreign terrorist organization if—
(A) the individual or entity was in communication with the foreign terrorist organization before the attack; and
(B) the attack was inspired or motivated by the foreign terrorist organization.
(c) Foreign Terrorist Organization Defined.—
In this section, the term “foreign terrorist organization” means an entity designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
(Added Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title V, § 571(a)(1)(A), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3387.)
heading: Retroactive Effective Date and Application
text: Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title V, § 571(a)(2), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3387, provided that:
“(A) Effective date.—
The amendments made by paragraph (1) [enacting this section] shall take effect as of September 11, 2001.
“(B) Review of certain previous incidents.—
The Secretary concerned shall undertake a review of each death or wounding of a member of the Armed Forces that occurred between September 11, 2001, and the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 19, 2014] under circumstances that could qualify as being the result of an attack described in section 1129a of title 10, United States Code (as added by paragraph (1)), to determine whether the death or wounding qualifies as a death or wounding resulting from an attack by a foreign terrorist organization for purposes of the award of the Purple Heart pursuant to such section (as so added).
“(C) Actions following review.—
If the death or wounding of a member of the Armed Forces reviewed under subparagraph (B) is determined to qualify as a death or wounding resulting from an attack by a foreign terrorist organization as described in section 1129a of title 10, United States Code (as so added), the Secretary concerned shall take appropriate action under such section to award the Purple Heart to the member.
“(D) Secretary concerned defined.—
In this paragraph, the term ‘Secretary concerned’ has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(9) of title 10, United States Code.”
10 U.S.C. § 1623 (ARMED FORCES)
§ 1623. Financial assistance to certain employees in acquisition of critical skills
(a) The Secretary of Defense shall establish an undergraduate training program with respect to civilian employees of the Defense Intelligence Agency that is similar in purpose, conditions, content, and administration to the program which the Secretary of Defense is authorized to establish under section 16 of the National Security Agency Act of 1959 (50 U.S.C. 3614) for civilian employees of the National Security Agency.
(b) Any payments made by the Secretary to carry out the program required to be established by subsection (a) may be made in any fiscal year only to the extent that appropriated funds are available for that purpose.
(Added Pub. L. 101–193, title V, § 507(a)(1), Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1709, § 1608; renumbered § 1623, Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, § 1632(a)(2), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2745; amended Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title X, § 1071(c)(9), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3509.)
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 1623, added Pub. L. 99–145, title IX, § 924(a)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 698; amended Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title XIII, § 1343(a)(10), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3993; Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(j)(4), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 283; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VIII, § 853(c)(3), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1519, related to education, training, and experience requirements for general and flag officers assigned to a procurement command, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XII, § 1207(c)(3), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1665, effective Oct. 1, 1992.
A prior section 1624, added Pub. L. 99–145, title IX, § 924(a)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 698, required a training program for quality assurance personnel, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XII, § 1207(c)(4), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1665; Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title X, § 1061(a)(26)(C)(i), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1474, effective Oct. 1, 1993.
heading: Amendments
text: 2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–291 substituted “(50 U.S.C. 3614)” for “(50 U.S.C. 402 note)”.
1996—Pub. L. 104–201 renumbered section 1608 of this title as this section.
heading: Effective Date
text: Pub. L. 101–193, title V, § 507(b), Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1710, provided that: “Section 1608 [now 1623] of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 30, 1989].”
13 U.S.C. § 7 (CENSUS)
§ 7. Printing; requisitions upon Director of the Government Publishing Office; publication of bulletins and reports
The Secretary may make requisition upon the Director of the Government Publishing Office for miscellaneous printing necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. He may further have printed by the Director of the Government Publishing Office, in such editions as he deems necessary, preliminary and other census bulletins, and final reports of the results of the several investigations authorized by this title, and may publish and distribute such bulletins and reports.
(Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1013; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(d), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)
heading: Historical and Revision Notes
text: Based on title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., § 213, and section 1442 of title 42, U.S.C., 1952 ed., The Public Health and Welfare (June 18, 1929, ch. 28, § 13, 46 Stat. 25; July 15, 1949, ch. 338, title VI, § 607, 63 Stat. 441).
Section consolidates section 213 of title 13, U.S.C., 1952 ed., with that part of subsection (b) of section 1442 of title 42, U.S.C., 1952 ed., which made such section 213 applicable to the censuses of housing.
The enumeration in section 213 of title 13, U.S.C. 1952 ed., of the types of printing (“Blanks, schedules, circulars, pamphlets, envelopes, work sheets”) was omitted as unnecessary and covered by the words “miscellaneous printing”.
The provisions have been reworded to make it clear that they relate to all statistical and census operations under this title, and changes were made in phraseology.
For remainder of section 1442 of title 42, U.S.C., 1952 ed. (which section has been transferred in its entirety to this revised title), see Distribution Table.
heading: Change of Name
text: “Director of the Government Publishing Office” substituted for “Public Printer” in section catchline and in two places in text on authority of section 1301(d) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
16 U.S.C. § 3b (CONSERVATION)
§ 3b. Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272
text: Section, Pub. L. 87–608, Aug. 24, 1962, 76 Stat. 405, related to maintenance and repair of Government improvements under concession contracts.
heading: Codification
text: Section was classified to section 303c of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.
16 U.S.C. § 57 (CONSERVATION)
§ 57. Yosemite, Sequoia, and General Grant National Parks; exclusive jurisdiction of United States; jurisdiction remaining in and taxation by California
Sole and exclusive jurisdiction is assumed by the United States over the territory embraced and included within the Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park, and General Grant National Park, respectively, saving, however, to the State of California the right to serve civil or criminal process within the limits of the aforesaid parks or either of them in suits or prosecutions for or on account of rights acquired, obligations incurred, or crimes committed in said State outside of said parks; and saving further to the said State the right to tax persons and corporations, their franchises and property on the lands included in said parks, and the right to fix and collect license fees for fishing in said parks; and saving also to the persons residing in any of said parks now or hereafter the right to vote at all elections held within the county or counties in which said parks are situated.
(June 2, 1920, ch. 218, § 1, 41 Stat. 731.)
heading: Codification
text: A provision accepting the act of the California Legislature which ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the territory referred to in this section has been omitted as executed.
heading: General Grant National Park Abolished
text: Act Mar. 4, 1940, ch. 40, § 2, 54 Stat. 43, set out as section 80a of this title, abolished the General Grant National Park and added the lands to the Kings Canyon National Park as the General Grant grove section.
16 U.S.C. § 78 (CONSERVATION)
§ 78. Detail of troops to Sequoia, Yosemite, and General Grant Parks
The Secretary of the Army, upon the request of the Secretary of the Interior, is authorized and directed to make the necessary detail of troops to prevent trespassers or intruders from entering the Sequoia National Park, the Yosemite National Park, and the General Grant National Park, respectively, in California, for the purpose of destroying the game or objects of curiosity therein, or for any other purpose prohibited by law or regulation for the government of said reservations, and to remove such persons from said parks if found therein.
(June 6, 1900, ch. 791, § 1, 31 Stat. 618; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
heading: Change of Name
text: Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
heading: General Grant National Park Abolished
text: Act Mar. 4, 1940, ch. 40, § 2, 54 Stat. 43, set out as section 80a of this title, abolished the General Grant National Park and added the lands to the Kings Canyon National Park as the General Grant grove section.
16 U.S.C. § 79i (CONSERVATION)
§ 79i. Administration
The Secretary shall administer the Redwood National Park in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535, 16 U.S.C. 1–4),1 as amended and supplemented.
(Pub. L. 90–545, § 9, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 934.)
heading: References in Text
text: The Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535, 16 U.S.C. 1–4), referred to in text, is act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, known as the National Park Service Organic Act, which enacted sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 100101 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 1865(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54.