[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2868 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2868

 To provide increased access to the General Services Administration's 
    Schedules Program by the American Red Cross and State and local 
                              governments.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 10, 2009

 Mr. Lieberman introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide increased access to the General Services Administration's 
    Schedules Program by the American Red Cross and State and local 
                              governments.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Supply Schedules Usage Act 
of 2009''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS TO USE FEDERAL SUPPLY 
              SCHEDULES FOR CERTAIN GOODS AND SERVICES.

    Section 502 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Use of Supply Schedules by the Red Cross.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator may provide for the 
        use by the American National Red Cross of Federal supply 
        schedules. Purchases under this authority shall be used in 
        furtherance of the purposes of the American National Red Cross 
        set forth in section 300102 of title 36, United States Code.
            ``(2) Limitation.--The authority under this subsection may 
        not be used to purchase supplies for resale.''.

SEC. 3. DUTY OF NON-FEDERAL USERS REGARDING USE OF FEDERAL SUPPLY 
              SCHEDULES.

    Section 502 of title 40, United States Code, as amended by section 
2, is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(f) Duty of Non-Federal Users Regarding Use of Supply 
Schedules.--All users of Federal supply schedules, including non-
Federal users, shall use the schedules in accordance with the ordering 
guidance provided by the Administrator of General Services.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORITY OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO USE SUPPLY 
              SCHEDULES FOR CERTAIN GOODS AND SERVICES.

    Subsection (d)(1) of section 502 of title 40, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ``, to facilitate disaster preparedness or 
response,'' after ``Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)''.
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