118 STAT. 2016 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (3) of sec tion 2306a of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall take effect on June 1, 2005, and shall apply with respect to offers submitted, and to modifications of contracts or subcontracts made, on or after that date. SEC. 819. DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS RELATING TO PAYMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTORS FOR BUSINESS RESTRUCTURING COSTS. Section 2325(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1) to an official’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1), with respect to a business combination, to an official of the Department of Defense— ’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(A) below the level of an Assistant Secretary of Defense for cases in which the amount of restructuring costs is expected to exceed $25,000,000 over a 5 year period; or ‘‘(B) below the level of the Director of the Defense Contract Management Agency for all other cases.’’. SEC. 820. AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE SUPPLIES AND SERVICES TO UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, INCORPORATED. Section 220107 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘Department of Defense’’ the following: ‘‘, including access to General Services Administration supplies and services through the Federal Supply Schedule of the General Serv ices Administration,’’. SEC. 821. ADDITION OF LANDSCAPING AND PEST CONTROL SERVICES TO LIST OF DESIGNATED INDUSTRY GROUPS PARTICI PATING IN THE SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 717 of the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 644 note) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(5) landscaping and pest control services.’’. (b) LANDSCAPING AND PEST CONTROL SERVICES.—Section 717 of the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 644 note) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f), and (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new sub section: ‘‘(e) LANDSCAPING AND PEST CONTROL SERVICES.—Landscaping and pest control services shall include contract awards assigned to North American Industrial Classification Code 561710 (relating to exterminating and pest control services) or 561730 (relating to landscaping services).’’. SEC. 822. INCREASED THRESHOLDS UNDER SPECIAL EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY. Section 32A(b) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428a(b)) is amended— 10 USC 2306a note.
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