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Title 31 — Money and Finance

Chapter 35 — Accounting and Collection

§ 3557. Expedited action in protests of public-private competitions

Statutory text

For any protest of a public-private competition conducted under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 with respect to the performance of an activity or function of a Federal agency, the Comptroller General shall administer the provisions of this subchapter in the manner best suited for expediting the final resolution of the protest and the final action in the public-private competition.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

    Pub. L. 110–181 div. A title III § 326(b)(1) · 122 Stat. 3

    Enacted · 31 U.S.C. § 3557

    Added Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title III, § 326(b)(1), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 63

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title III, § 326(b)(1), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 63

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) In general.— Subchapter V of chapter 35 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 3557. Expedited action in protests of Public-Private competitions   “For any protest of a public-private competition conducted under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 with respect to the performance of an activity or function of a Federal agency, the Comptroller General shall administer the provisions of this subchapter in the manner best suited for expediting the final resolution of the protest and the final action in the public-private competition.” .

  2. Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009

    Pub. L. 110–417 · 122 Stat. 4356

    Substituted · 31 U.S.C. § 3557

    Pub. L. 110–417 substituted “public-private” for “Public-Private” in section catchline

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 110–417 substituted “public-private” for “Public-Private” in section catchline.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Another section 3557, added Pub. L. 110–161, div. D, title VII, § 739(c)(1)(B)(i), , 121 Stat. 2030, related to an expedited action in protests for public-private competitions, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title X, § 1061(c)(1), , 122 Stat. 4613.

Amendments

2008—Pub. L. 110–417 substituted “public-private” for “Public-Private” in section catchline.

Credits

2008 · 2 acts
  1. 2008Added Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title III, § 326(b)(1), , 122 Stat. 63
  2. 2008amended Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title X, § 1061(c)(2), , 122 Stat. 4613.
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(Added Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title III, § 326(b)(1), , 122 Stat. 63; amended Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title X, § 1061(c)(2), , 122 Stat. 4613.)

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