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14 U.S.C. § 1157 — Extraordinary relief
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**(a) In General.—** With respect to any prime contracting entity receiving extraordinary relief pursuant to the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the making, amendment, and modification of contracts to facilitate the national defense”, approved August 28, 1958 (Public Law 85–804; [50 U.S.C. 1432](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1432&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) for a major acquisition, the Secretary shall not consider any further request by the prime contracting entity for extraordinary relief under such Act for such major acquisition.
**(b) Inapplicability to Subcontractors.—** The limitation under subsection (a) shall not apply to subcontractors of a prime contracting entity.
**(c) Quarterly Report.—** Not less frequently than quarterly during each fiscal year in which extraordinary relief is approved or provided to an entity under the Act referred to in subsection (a) for the acquisition of Offshore Patrol Cutters, the Commandant shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that describes in detail such relief and the compliance of the entity with the oversight measures required as a condition of receiving such relief.
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**(a) In General.—** With respect to any prime contracting entity receiving extraordinary relief pursuant to the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the making, amendment, and modification of contracts to facilitate the national defense”, approved August 28, 1958 (Public Law 85–804; [50 U.S.C. 1432](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1432&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) for a major acquisition, the Secretary shall not consider any further request by the prime contracting entity for extraordinary relief under such Act for such major acquisition.
**(b) Inapplicability to Subcontractors.—** The limitation under subsection (a) shall not apply to subcontractors of a prime contracting entity.
**(c) Quarterly Report.—** Not less frequently than quarterly during each fiscal year in which extraordinary relief is approved or provided to an entity under the Act referred to in subsection (a) for the acquisition of Offshore Patrol Cutters, the Commandant shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that describes in detail such relief and the compliance of the entity with the oversight measures required as a condition of receiving such relief.
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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to constitute authorization hereunder for—
**(a)** the use of the cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost system of contracting;
**(b)** any contract in violation of existing law relating to limitation of profits;
**(c)** the negotiation of purchases of or contracts for property or services required by law to be procured by formal advertising and competitive bidding;
**(d)** the waiver of any bid, payment, performance, or other bond required by law;
**(e)** the amendment of a contract negotiated under section 2304(a)(15) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 10 or under section 252(c)(13) 1 of title 41, to increase the contract price to an amount higher than the lowest rejected bid of any responsible bidder; or
**(f)** the formalization of an informal commitment, unless it is found that at the time the commitment was made it was impracticable to use normal procurement procedures.
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TITLE 14—COAST GUARD
§ 1171
eign country for the detection or identification of un-
manned aircraft systems.
‘‘(b) EXEMPTION.—The Commandant is exempt from
the restriction under subsection (a) if the operation or
procurement is for the purposes of—
‘‘(1) counter-UAS system surrogate testing and
training; or
‘‘(2) intelligence, electronic warfare, and informa-
tion warfare operations, testing, analysis, and train-
ing.
‘‘(c) WAIVER.—The Commandant may waive the re-
striction under subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis
by certifying in writing not later than 15 days after ex-
ercising such waiver to the Department of Homeland
Security, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the operation or procurement of a
covered unmanned aircraft system is required in the
national interest of the United States.
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) COVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY.—The term ‘covered
foreign country’ means any of the following:
‘‘(A) The People’s Republic of China.
‘‘(B) The Russian Federation.
‘‘(C) The Islamic Republic of Iran.
‘‘(D) The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
‘‘(2) COVERED
UNMANNED
AIRCRAFT
SYSTEM.—The
term ‘covered unmanned aircraft system’ means an
unmanned aircraft system described in paragraph (1)
of subsection (a).
‘‘(3) COUNTER-UAS SYSTEM.—The term ‘counter-
UAS system’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 44801 of title 49, United States Code.
‘‘(4) UNMANNED
AIRCRAFT
SYSTEM.—The term ‘un-
manned aircraft system’ has the meaning given such
term in section 44801 of title 49, United States Code,
and any related services and equipment.
‘‘(e) REPLACEMENT.—Not later than 90 days after th
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 1433
1 See References in Text note below.
subject to the same conditions and limitations as the
head of an executive department or agency listed in
section 21 of Executive Order 10789 of November 14, 1958
(Authorizing Agencies of the Government to Exercise
Certain Contracting Authority in Connection with Na-
tional-Defense Functions and Prescribing Regulations
Governing the Exercise of Such Authority) [50 U.S.C.
1431 note], as amended, with respect to contracts per-
formed in support of efforts by the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs to combat the virus. This authority may
only be exercised with regard to transactions directly
responsive to the COVID–19 national emergency.
SEC. 3. The Department of Veterans Affairs is exer-
cising functions in connection with the national de-
fense in the course of contributing to the Nation’s re-
sponse to the ongoing outbreak of COVID–19. I deem
that the authorization provided in this memorandum
and actions taken pursuant to that authorization
would facilitate the national defense.
SEC. 4. This memorandum shall terminate on Sep-
tember 30, 2020.
SEC. 5. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be con-
strued to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive de-
partment or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget relating to budgetary, administra-
tive, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented con-
sistent with applicable law and subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations.
(c) This memorandum is not intended to, and does
not, create any right or benefit, substantive or proce-
dural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party
against the United St
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