15 U.S.C. § 5527 — Miscellaneous provisions

(a) Nonapplicability. Unless the appropriate federal agency or department head decides otherwise, this chapter does not apply to: (1) programs or activities involving computer systems that process classified information; or (2) computer systems whose function, operation, or use is described in section 3552(b)(6)(A)(i) of title 44. (b) Acquisition of prototypes and early-production models. Consistent with federal contracting law, participating federal agencies and departments may acquire prototype or early-production models of new networking and information-technology systems and subsystems to encourage hardware and software development. Computing equipment acquired under this subsection counts as research computers under applicable acquisition regulations.