[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1036 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1036

To amend title 40, United States Code, to ensure that job opportunities 
 for people who are blind and people with significant disabilities are 
  met by requiring the application of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act to 
  certain lease agreements entered into by the Federal Government for 
                   private buildings or improvements.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 19, 2011

Mr. Cardin (for himself and Mr. Vitter) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to ensure that job opportunities 
 for people who are blind and people with significant disabilities are 
  met by requiring the application of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act to 
  certain lease agreements entered into by the Federal Government for 
                   private buildings or improvements.

    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 ``AbilityOne Improvements Act''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF JAVITS-WAGNER-O'DAY ACT.

    Section 585(a) of title 40, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Applicability of javits-wagner-o'day act.--A lease 
        agreement for space under this section for the accommodation of 
        a federal agency as described in paragraph (1) that is issued 
        or renewed after the date of enactment of this paragraph shall 
        require the federal agency, lessor, or property manager to 
        comply with provisions of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 
        U.S.C. 46 et seq.) that are applicable to federal buildings 
        if--
                    ``(A) the lease is for 60 percent or more of the 
                useable space on the property or improvement in which 1 
                or more federal agencies are to be accommodated, as 
                determined by the Administrator; or
                    ``(B) the federal agency to be accommodated under 
                the lease is, as of the date of the lease, required to 
                contract pursuant to that Act for services being 
                transitioned to the leased space.''.
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