118 STAT. 2960 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 to achieve its small business contracting goals set forth in subsection (g) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. 644(g): Provided, That, none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by the Department of Energy for procurement actions resulting from the break out of requirements from current facility management and operating contracts unless, consistent with requirements of Subpart 19.4 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the Secretary of Energy or his duly authorized designee formally requests, considers, and renders an appropriate decision on the views of the Small Business Administration Breakout Procurement Center Representative or the Representative’s duly authorized designee concerning cost effectiveness, mission performance, security, safety, small business participation, and other legitimate acquisition objectives of procure ment actions at issue. No later than April 1, 2005, the Secretary of Energy shall submit a report to the Comptroller General and to Congress discussing the Secretary’s plans required by section 15(h) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. 644(h), for meeting the Department’s statutory small business contracting goals while taking into account other legitimate acquisition objectives. In pre paring the report, the Secretary shall request and consider the views of the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the Director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of the Department of Energy. The report shall discuss the Department’s policies and activities concerning break outs of procurement requirements from current management and operating contracts, consistent with requirements of this Act, section 15(h) of the Small Business Act, and Subpart 19.4 of the Federal Acquisi tion Regulations. SEC. 313. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by the Department of Energy to require its management and operating contractors to perform contract management, over sight, or administration functions prohibited by section 7.503 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation in connection with any small business prime contract awarded by the Department of Energy. SEC. 314. None of the funds in this Act may be used to dispose of transuranic waste in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant which con tains concentrations of plutonium in excess of 20 percent by weight for the aggregate of any material category on the date of enactment of this Act, or is generated after such date. For the purpose of this section, the material categories of transuranic waste at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site include: (1) ash resi dues; (2) salt residue; (3) wet residues; (4) direct repackage residues; and (5) scrub alloy as referenced in the ‘‘Final Environmental Impact Statement on Management of Certain Plutonium Residues and Scrub Alloy Stored at the Rocky Flats Environmental Tech nology Site’’. TITLE IV INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, for necessary expenses for the Federal Co Chairman and the alter nate on the Appalachian Regional Commission, for payment of Deadline. Reports.
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