Public Law 75–697

That there is hereby created a Committee to be known as the Committee on Purchases of Blind-made Products (hereinafter referred to as the “Committee”) to be composed of a private citizen conversant with the problems incident to the employment of the blind and a representative of each of the following Government Departments: The Navy Department, the War Department, the Treasury Department, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of the Interior. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the President, shall serve without additional compensation, and shall designate one of their number to be chairman.

Sec. 2.

It shall be the duty of the Committee to determine the fair market price of all brooms and mops and other suitable commodities manufactured by the blind and offered for sale to the Federal Government by any non-profit-making agency for the blind organized under the laws of the United States or of any State, to revise such prices from time to time in accordance with changing market conditions, and to make such rules and regulations regarding specifications, time of delivery, authorization of a central non-profit-making agency to facilitate the distribution of orders among the agencies for the blind, and other relevant matters of procedure as shall be

Proviso.

Effective date of price revision.

necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act: Provided, That no change in price shall become effective prior to the expiration of fifteen days from the date on which such change is made by the Committee.

Sec. 3.

All brooms and mops and other suitable commodities hereafter procured in accordance with applicable Federal specifications by or for any Federal department or agency shall be procured from such non-profit-making agencies for the blind in all cases where such articles are available within the period specified at the price determined by the committee to be the fair market price for the article or

Proviso.

Exceptions.

articles so procured: Provided, That this Act shall not apply in any cases where brooms and mops are available for procurement from any Federal department or agency and procurement therefrom is required under the provisions of any law in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, or in cases where brooms and mops are procured for use outside continental United States.