123STA T . 32 0 3 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 7—DE C.1 6, 200 9(1)suchind i v idu al has g iv e n his or her e xp ress w ri t ten consent f or such re q uest not m ore than 6 months prior to the date of such request and during the same presidential administration
or ( 2 ) such request is required due to extraordinar y cir - cumstances involving national security .SEC . 611. T he cost accounting standards promulgated under section 26 of the O ffice of F ederal P rocurement Policy A ct (Pu b lic L aw 93–40 0; 41 U .S. C . 422) shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Federal E mployees H ealth B enefits Program established under chapter 8 9 of title 5, United States Code. SEC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and imple- menting any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of Personnel M anage- ment may accept and utili z e (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to court approval. SEC. 613. N o funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefits program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions. SEC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not apply where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. SEC. 615. I n order to promote G overnment access to commercial information technology, the restriction on purchasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set forth in the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), shall not apply to the acquisition by the Federal Government of information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, United States Code), that is a commer- cial item (as defined in section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procure- ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)). SEC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, United States Code, no officer or employee of any regulatory agency or commission funded by this Act may accept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or commission accept, payment or reimburse- ment from a non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related expenses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee to attend and participate in any meeting or similar function relating to the official duties of the officer or employee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement is a person or entity sub j ect to regulation by such agency or commission, or represents a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the person or entity is an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal R evenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. SEC. 61 7 . The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board shall have authority to obligate funds for the scholarship program established by section 109(c)(2) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–204) in an aggregate amount not exceeding the amount of funds collected by the Board as of D ecember 31, 2009, including accrued interest, as a result of the assessment of monetary penalties. Funds available for obligation in fiscal year 2010 shall remain available until expended. Aborti o n. Abortion.
