[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR51-1.1]

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           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
CHAPTER 51--COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY 
                                DISABLED
 
PART 51-1--GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 51-1.1  Policy.

    (a) It is the policy of the Government to increase employment and 
training opportunities for persons who are blind or have other severe 
disabilities through the purchase of commodities and services from 
qualified nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have 
other severe disabilities. The Committee for Purchase from People who 
are Blind or Severely Disabled (hereinafter the Committee) was 
established by the Javits-Wagner--O'Day Act, Public Law 92-28, 85 Stat. 
77 (1971), as amended, 41 U.S.C. 46-48c (hereinafter the JWOD Act). The 
Committee is responsible for implementation of a comprehensive program 
designed to enforce this policy.
    (b) It is the policy of the Committee to encourage all Federal 
entities and employees to provide the necessary support to ensure that 
the JWOD Act is implemented in an effective manner. This support 
includes purchase of products and services published on the Committee's 
Procurement List through appropriate channels from nonprofit agencies 
employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities 
designated by the Committee; recommendations to the Committee of new 
commodities and services suitable for addition to the Procurement List; 
and cooperation with the Committee and the central nonprofit agencies in 
the provision of such data as the Committee may decide is necessary to 
determine suitability for addition to the Procurement List.

[56 FR 48976, Sept. 26, 1991, as amended at 59 FR 16777, Apr. 8, 1994]