1994 US Code
Title 41 - PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 7 - OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY
Sec. 405b - Conflict of interest standards for individuals providing consulting services
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Title 41 - PUBLIC CONTRACTS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 41 - PUBLIC CONTRACTS CHAPTER 7 - OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY Sec. 405b - Conflict of interest standards for individuals providing consulting services |
Contains | section 405b |
Date | 1994 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 4, 1995 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 100-463, title VIII, §8141, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2270-47. |
Presidential Document Number References | Executive Order 12333 |
Statutes at Large References | 88 Stat. 796 102 Stat. 2270-47 |
Public Law References | Public Law 93-400, Public Law 100-463 |
§405b. Conflict of interest standards for individuals providing consulting services (a) Issuance of policy and regulations
Not later than 90 days after October 1, 1988, the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy shall issue a policy, and not later than 180 days thereafter Government-wide regulations shall be issued under the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) which set forth—
(1) conflict of interest standards for persons who provide consulting services described in subsection (b) of this section; and
(2) procedures, including such registration, certification, and enforcement requirements as may be appropriate, to promote compliance with such standards.
(b) Services subject to regulationsThe regulations required by subsection (a) of this section shall apply to the following types of consulting services:
(1) advisory and assistance services provided to the Government to the extent necessary to identify and evaluate the potential for conflicts of interest that could be prejudicial to the interests of the United States;
(2) services related to support of the preparation or submission of bids and proposals for Federal contracts to the extent that inclusion of such services in such regulations is necessary to identify and evaluate the potential for conflicts of interest that could be prejudicial to the interests of the United States; and
(3) such other services related to Federal contracts as may be specified in the regulations prescribed under subsection (a) of this section to the extent necessary to identify and evaluate the potential for conflicts of interest that could be prejudicial to the interests of the United States.
(c) Report to Congress by Comptroller General on effectiveness of regulationsThe Comptroller General shall report to Congress not later than one year after October 1, 1988, his assessment of the effectiveness of the regulations prescribed under this section.
(d) Intelligence activities exemption; annual report by Director of Central IntelligenceIntelligence activities as defined in section 3.4(e) of Executive order 12333 or a comparable definitional section in any successor order may be exempt from the regulations required by subsection (a) of this section: Provided, That the Director of Central Intelligence shall report to the Intelligence and Appropriations Committees of the Congress no later than January 1, 1990, and annually thereafter delineating those activities and organizations which have been exempted from the regulations required by subsection (a) of this section in accordance with the provisions of this subsection.
(e) Adverse effect determination by President prior to issuance of regulations; report to Congressional committees; voiding of regulations requirementThe President shall, before issuance of the regulations required by subsection (a) of this section, determine if the promulgation of such regulations would have a significantly adverse effect on the accomplishment of the mission of the Department of Defense or other Federal Government agencies: Provided, That if the President determines that the regulations required by subsection (a) of this section would have such an adverse effect, the President shall so report to the appropriate committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives, stating in full the reasons for such a determination: Provided further, That in the event of submission of a report to the committees containing an adverse effect determination, the requirement for the regulations prescribed by subsection (a) of this section shall be null and void.
(Pub. L. 100–463, title VIII, §8141, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2270–47.)
References in TextThe Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 93–400, Aug. 30, 1974, 88 Stat. 796, as amended, which is classified principally to this chapter (§401 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 401 of this title.
Executive order 12333, referred to in subsec. (d), is set out as a note under section 401 of Title 50, War and National Defense.
CodificationSection was enacted as part of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1989, and not as part of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act which comprises this chapter.
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