101 STAT. 726
PUBLIC LAW 100-107—AUG. 20, 1987 "(c) CATEGORIES IN WHICH AWARD MAY BE GIVEN.—(1) Subject to
paragraph (2), separate awards shall be made to qualifying organizations in each of the following categories— "(A) Small businesses. "(B) Companies or their subsidiaries. "(C) Companies which primarily provide services. "(2) The Secretary may at any time expand, subdivide, or otherwise modify the list of categories within which awards may be made as initially in effect under paragraph (1), and may establish separate awards for other organizations including units of government, upon a determination that the objectives of this section would be better served thereby; except that any such expansion, subdivision, modification, or establishment shall not be effective unless and until the Secretary has submitted a detailed description thereof to the Congress and a period of 30 days has elapsed since that submission. "(3) Not more than two awards may be made within any subcategory in any year (and no award shall be made within any category or subcategory if there are no qualifying enterprises in that category or subcategory). "(d) CRITERIA FOR QUALIFICATION.—(1) An organization may qualify for an award under this section only if it— "(A) applies to the Director of the National Bureau of Standards in writing, for the award, "(B) permits a rigorous evaluation of the way in which its business and other operations have contributed to improve• } •, ments in the quality of goods and services, and "(C) meets such requirements and specifications as the Secretary, after receiving recommendations from the Board of Overseers established under paragraph (2)(B) and the Director of the National Bureau of Standards, determines to be appro-• < V priate to achieve the objectives of this section. In applying the provisions of subparagraph (C) with respect to any organization, the Director of the National Bureau of Standards shall rely upon an intensive evaluation by a competent board of examiners which shall review the evidence submitted by the organization and, through a site visit, verify the accuracy of the quality improvements claimed. The examination should encompass all aspects of the ^ organization's current practice of quality management, as well as ' •' the organization's provision for quality management in its future goals. The award shall be given only to organizations which have made outstanding improvements in the quality of their goods or services (or both) and which demonstrate effective quality management through the training and involvement of all levels of personnel in quality improvement. "(2)(A) The Director of the National Bureau of Standards shall, under appropriate contractual arrangements, carry out the Director's responsibilities under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph a ' j > t r HR;rf« (1) through one or more broad-based nonprofit entities which are leaders in the field of quality management and which have a history of service to society. "(B) The Secretary shall appoint a board of overseers for the award, consisting of at least five persons selected for their preeminence in the field of quality management. This board shall meet annually to review the work of the contractor or contractors and make such suggestions for the improvement of the award process as Reports. they deem necessary. The board shall report the results of the award activities to the Director of the National Bureau of Standards each
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