Section
414 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a)(2)(A) and (b)(3), was amended generally by
Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title XIV, § 1421(a)(1), Nov. 24, 2003,
117 Stat. 1666, and, as so amended, no longer contains a par. (3). See section
414
(c)(1) of this title.
1994—Subsec. (c).
Pub. L. 103–355 amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: “The advocate for competition for each procuring activity shall be responsible for challenging barriers to and promoting full and open competition in the procuring activity, including unnecessarily detailed specifications and unnecessarily restrictive statements of need.”
For effective date and applicability of amendment by
Pub. L. 103–355, see section 10001 of
Pub. L. 103–355, set out as a note under section
251 of this title.
Section applicable to any solicitation for bids or proposals issued after Mar. 31, 1985, see section 2751 of
Pub. L. 98–369, set out as an Effective Date of 1984 Amendment note under section
251 of this title.