H.R. 5983: Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act of 2010

111th Congress · introduced 2010-07-30 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Where it came from: introduced 2010-07-30 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act of 2010

Plain summary

Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act of 2010 - Establishes as an independent federal entity the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or People With Other Significant Disabilities. (Effectively replacing the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled.) Requires the Committee to establish and publish in the Federal Register a list of products and services suitable for federal government procurement which are provided by qualified nonprofit agencies for people who are blind or for people with other significant disabilities. Requires federal agencies to procure from such qualified nonprofit agencies, at a Committee-established price, products (except prison-made products) or services essentially the same as those on the procurement list. Requires the Committee to designate a tax-exempt central nonprofit agency or agencies for people who are blind and one or more for people with other significant disabilities, which shall evaluate their respective nonprofit agencies and recommend suitable products or services to add to the procurement list. Authorizes the Committee to conduct pilot or demonstration projects on methods to increase the use of: (1) such products or services by the federal government; as well as (2) people who are blind and people with other significant disabilities. Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require the Committee Chairman to: (1) appoint an Inspector General for the Committee; and (2) establish a Panel on the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or People With Other Significant Disabilities. Establishes in the general fund of the Treasury in a separate account a Committee for Purchase Fund for the collection and deposit of fees from each central nonprofit agency. Repeals the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act.

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Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act of 2010

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Sponsor: Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] · 56 cosponsors

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Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Bill Foster (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), John R. Carter (R-TX), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), John Garamendi (D-CA)

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Federal Register: The official daily publication of the U.S. government for agency rules, proposed rules, public notices and presidential documents.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr5983.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr5983 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111