The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall include a provision encouraging the use of alternative dispute resolution techniques to provide informal, expeditious, and inexpensive procedures for an offeror to consider using before filing a protest, prior to the award of a contract, of the exclusion of the offeror from the competitive range (or otherwise from further consideration) for that contract.
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1816(c)(2)(F)134 Stat. 4182(Added and amended , (8), , , 4185.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Pub. L. 116–283, § 1816(c)(1)Pub. L. 104–106, div. D, title XLI, § 4104(a)(3)110 Stat. 644The text of subsec. (b)(8) of this title, which was transferred to this section and amended by , (2)(F), (8), was based on , , .
Prior Provisions
act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 104170A Stat. 190Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 20494 Stat. 2880A prior section 3306, , , related to promotion of officers in regular grade of colonel to grade of brigadier general, prior to repeal by , title VII, § 701, , , 2955, effective . See section 619 et seq. of this title.
Amendments
Pub. L. 116–283, § 1816(c)(8)section 2305 of this title2021—, transferred subsec. (b)(8) of to this section and struck out par. (8) designation at beginning.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 116–283section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283section 3001 of this titleSection and amendment by effective , with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see , set out as an Effective Date of 2021 Amendment note preceding .