113 STAT. 1168 PUBLIC LAW 106-78—OCT. 22, 1999 (C) CLARIFICATION.—The certification of a unit under paragraph (1) shall not, for purposes of the last sentence of section 7111(b) of title 5, United States Code, or section 7111(f)(4) of such title, be treated as if it had occurred pursuant to an election. (3) DELEGATION. — (A) IN GENERAL.— The Federal Labor Relations Authority may delegate to any regional director (as referred to in section 7105(e) of title 5, United States Code) its authority under the preceding provisions of this subsection. (B) REVIEW. —Any action taken by a regional director under subparagraph (A) shall be subject to review under the provisions of section 7105(f) of title 5, United States Code, in the same manner as if such action had been taken under section 7105(e) of such title, except that in the case of a decision not to certify, such review shall be required if application therefore is filed by an affected party within the time specified in such provisions. (c) DEFINITION.— For purposes of this section, the term "affected party" means— (1) with respect to an exercise of authority by the Secretary of Agriculture under this section, any labor organization affected thereby; and (2) the Department of Agriculture. SEC. 750. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any other Act shall be used for the implementation of a Support Services Bureau or similar organization. SEC. 751. CONTRACTS FOR PROCUREMENT OR PROCESSING OF CERTAIN COMMODITIES, (a) DEFINITIONS. —In this section: (1) HUBZONE SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT.— The term "HUBZone sole source contract" means a sole source contract authorized by section 31 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a). (2) HUBZONE PRICE EVALUATION PREFERENCE. —The term "HUBZone price evaluation preference" means a price evaluation preference authorized by section 31 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a). (3) QUALIFIED HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.— The term "qualified HUBZone small business concern" has the meaning given the term in section 3(p) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)). (4) COVERED PROCUREMENT.— The term "covered procurement" means a contract for the procurement or processing of a commodity furnished under title II or III of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431(b)), the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o), or any other commodity procurement or acquisition by the Commodity Credit Corporation under any other law. (b) PROHIBITION OF USE OF FUNDS.— None of the funds made available by this Act may be used: (1) to award a HUBZone sole source contract or a contract awarded through full and open competition in combination with a HUBZone price evaluation preference to any qualified HUBZone small business concern in any covered procurement if performance of the contract by the business concern would
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