(a) Purchases Benefiting Severely Handicapped Persons.— 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) Definitions.— 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 5(3) of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 48b(3));
(B)a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handicapped, as defined in section 5(4) of such Act (41 U.S.C. 48b(4)); and
(C)a central nonprofit agency designated by the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled under section 2(c) of such Act (41 U.S.C. 47(c)).