{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s3903","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3903.","heading":"Subcontracting plans: credit for certain purchases","text":"\u00a7\u202f3903.\nSubcontracting plans: credit for certain purchases\n(a)\nPurchases Benefiting Severely Handicapped Persons.\u2014\nIn the case of a business concern that has negotiated a small business subcontracting plan with a military department or a Defense Agency, purchases made by that business concern from qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely handicapped shall count toward meeting the subcontracting goal provided in that plan.\n(b)\nDefinitions.\u2014\nIn this section:\n(1) The term \u201csmall business subcontracting plan\u201d means a plan negotiated pursuant to section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (\n15 U.S.C. 637(d)\n(2) The term \u201cqualified nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely handicapped\u201d means\u2014\n(A) a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind, as defined in\nsection 8501(7) of title 41\n(B) a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely disabled, as defined in\nsection 8501(6) of title 41\n(C) a central nonprofit agency designated by the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled under\nsection 8503(c) of title 41","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s3903.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3903","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3903."},{"t":"heading","text":"Subcontracting plans: credit for certain purchases"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3903/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Purchases Benefiting Severely Handicapped Persons.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"In the case of a business concern that has negotiated a small business subcontracting plan with a military department or a Defense Agency, purchases made by that business concern from qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely handicapped shall count toward meeting the subcontracting goal provided in that plan.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3903/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3903/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201csmall business subcontracting plan\u201d means a plan negotiated pursuant to section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"15 U.S.C. 637(d)","href":"/us/usc/t15/s637/d","tail":") that establishes a goal for the participation of small business concerns as subcontractors under a contract."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3903/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The term \u201cqualified nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely handicapped\u201d means\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3903/b/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind, as defined in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 8501(7) of title 41","href":"/us/usc/t41/s8501/7","tail":";"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3903/b/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely disabled, as defined in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 8501(6) of title 41","href":"/us/usc/t41/s8501/6","tail":"; and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s3903/b/2/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" a central nonprofit agency designated by the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 8503(c) of title 41","href":"/us/usc/t41/s8503/c","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}