As used in this subchapter, the term—
section 205d of this title “Board” means the United States Metric Board, established under ;
“engineering standard” means a standard which prescribes (A) a concise set of conditions and requirements that must be satisfied by a material, product, process, procedure, convention, or test method; and (B) the physical, functional, performance and/or conformance characteristics thereof;
“international standard or recommendation” means an engineering standard or recommendation which is (A) formulated and promulgated by an international organization and (B) recommended for adoption by individual nations as a national standard;
“metric system of measurement” means the International System of Units as established by the General Conference of Weights and Measures in 1960 and as interpreted or modified for the United States by the Secretary of Commerce;
section 107 of title 41 “full and open competition” has the same meaning as defined in ;
“total installed price” means the price of purchasing a product or material, trimming or otherwise altering some or all of that product or material, if necessary to fit with other building components, and then installing that product or material into a Federal facility;
“hard-metric” means measurement, design, and manufacture using the metric system of measurement, but does not include measurement, design, and manufacture using English system measurement units which are subsequently reexpressed in the metric system of measurement;
section 3501(a) of title 41 “cost or pricing data or price analysis” has the meaning given such terms in ; and
section 3301(a) of title 4011 So in original. Probably should be followed by a closing parenthesis. “Federal facility” means any public building (as defined under and shall include any Federal building or construction project—
on lands in the public domain;
on lands used in connection with Federal programs for agriculture research, recreation, and conservation programs;
on or used in connection with river, harbor, flood control, reclamation, or power projects;
on or used in connection with housing and residential projects;
on military installations (including any fort, camp, post, naval training station, airfield, proving ground, military supply depot, military school, or any similar facility of the Department of Defense);
22 So in original. Probably should be “Veterans”. on installations of the Department of Veteran Affairs used for hospital or domiciliary purposes; or
on lands used in connection with Federal prisons,
but does not include (i) any Federal building or construction project the exclusion of which the President deems to be justified in the public interest, or (ii) any construction project or building owned or controlled by a State government, local government, Indian tribe, or any private entity.
Pub. L. 94–168, § 489 Stat. 1007Pub. L. 104–289, § 3110 Stat. 3411(, , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 107 of title 41section 403(6) of title 41Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c)124 Stat. 3854In par. (5), “” substituted for “, United States Code” on authority of , , , which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.
section 3501(a) of title 4141 U.S.C. 254bPub. L. 111–350, § 6(c)124 Stat. 3854In par. (8), “” substituted for “section 304A of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 ()” on authority of , , , which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.
section 3301(a) of title 4040 U.S.C. 612Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c)116 Stat. 1303In par. (9), “” substituted for “section 13 of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 ()” on authority of , , , the first section of which enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works.
Amendments
Pub. L. 104–2891996—Pars. (5) to (9). added pars. (5) to (9).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment; Savings Provision
Pub. L. 104–289, § 6110 Stat. 3415
Effective Date .—
section 205a of this titleThis Act [See Short Title of 1996 Amendment note set out under ] and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act [].
Savings Provisions .—
This Act shall not apply to contracts awarded and solicitations issued on or before the effective date of this Act, unless the head of a Federal agency makes a written determination in his or her sole discretion that it would be in the public interest to apply one or more provisions of this Act or its amendments to these existing contracts or solicitations.”