§ 3903. Subcontracting plans: credit for certain purchases

• (a) In the case of a business concern that has negotiated a small business subcontracting plan with a military department or a Defense Agency, purchases made by that business concern from qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind or other severely handicapped shall count toward meeting the subcontracting goal provided in that plan.
• (b) In this section:
  • (1) The term “small business subcontracting plan” means a plan negotiated pursuant to section 8(d) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 637(d) ) that establishes a goal for the participation of small business concerns as subcontractors under a contract.
  • (2) The term “qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or other severely handicapped” means—
    • (A) a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind, as defined in section 8501(7) of title 41 ;
    • (B) a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely disabled, as defined in section 8501(6) of title 41 ; and
    • (C) a central nonprofit agency designated by the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled under section 8503(c) of title 41 .