PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1847 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— Not later than January 31 of each year, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives a report containing the Under Secretary assessment of the extent to which each military department is compl3ang with the requirement set forth in section 1731(b) of title 10, United States Code. (c) TERMINATION OF REQUIREMENTS.— This section shall cease to be effective on October 1, 2000. SEC. 850. USE OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN FEDERAL PROCURE- MENT. (a) POLICY.— Section 30 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 426) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 30. USE OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE IN FEDERAL PROCURE- MENT. "(a) IN GENERAL.— The head of each executive agency, after consulting with the Administrator, shall establish, maintain, and use, to the maximum extent that is practicable and cost-effective, procedures and processes that employ electronic commerce in the conduct and administration of its procurement system. "(b) APPLICABLE STANDARDS.— In conducting electronic commerce, the head of an agency shall apply nationally and internationaly recognized standards that broaden interoperability and ease the electronic interchange of information. "(c) AGENCY PROCEDURES. —The head of each executive agency shall ensure that systems, technologies, procedures, and processes established pursuant to this section— "(1) are implemented with uniformity throughout the agency, to the extent practicable; "(2) are implemented only after granting due consideration to the use or partial use, as appropriate, of existing electronic commerce and electronic data interchange systems and infrastructures such the Federal acquisition computer network architecture known as FACNET; "(3) facilitate access to Federal Government procurement opportunities, including opportunities for small business concerns, socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns, and business concerns owned predominantly by women; and "(4) ensure that any notice of agency requirements or agency solicitation for contract opportunities is provided in a form that allows convenient and universal user access through a single, Government-wide point of entry. "(d) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Administrator shall, in carrying out the requirements of this section— "(1) issue policies to promote, to the maximum extent practicable, uniform implementation of this section by executive agencies, with due regard for differences in program requirements among agencies that may require departures from uniform procedures and processes in appropriate cases, when warranted because of the agency mission; "(2) ensure that the head of each executive agency complies with the requirements of subsection (c) with respect to the agency systems, technologies, procedures, and processes established pursuant to this section; and
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