41 U.S.C. § 8503 — Duties and powers of the Committee

(a) Procurement list. (1) The Committee^* must keep and publish, in the Federal Register, a procurement list of products and services it decides are suitable for the federal government^* to buy under this chapter: (A) products made by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind^* or for other severely disabled^* people; and (B) services those agencies provide. (2) Following the formal rulemaking process, the Committee may add products and services to the list, or remove them.

(b) Fair market price. The Committee must set the fair market price for listed products and services sold to the federal government by these qualifying agencies, and must update those prices as market conditions change.

(c) Central nonprofit agency or agencies. The Committee must name one or more central nonprofit agencies to help spread federal orders — through direct allocation, subcontracting, or other means — among the qualifying agencies for the blind or for other severely disabled people.

(d) Regulations. The Committee (1) may set rules about product and service specifications, delivery timing, and other matters needed to carry out this chapter; and (2) must set rules requiring that, when the federal government buys these products, it gives priority to products made by qualifying agencies for the blind.

(e) Study and evaluation of activities. The Committee must keep studying and evaluating its own work to make sure this chapter is carried out effectively and efficiently. On its own, or with other public or private nonprofit groups, it may study (1) problems related to employing blind and other severely disabled people; and (2) ways to develop and adapt production methods that let more blind and severely disabled people work.