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The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (Committee), which administers the AbilityOne Program, intends to propose changes to clarify when a new commodity (product) requirement from a Federal agency is considered a replacement for an existing commodity on the Procurement List. The rule will also clarify the Committee’s criteria for determining when a commodity that is not on the Procurement List is essentially the same as a commodity on the Procurement List, thus triggering the mandatory purchase requirements of the Procurement List. By clarifying what is considered a replacement commodity, and the criteria for essentially the same commodities, the Committee will increase Federal agencies’ understanding of and compliance with the Committee’s Procurement List mandatory source purchasing requirements.