; and (2) to assess the quality of care and services furnished by an eligible provider for purposes of determining whether to renew an agreement under this section with the eligible provider. (i) Dispute resolution (1) The Secretary shall establish administrative procedures for eligible providers with which the Secretary has entered an agreement under this section to present any dispute arising under or related to the agreement. (2) Before using any dispute resolution mechanism under chapter 71 of title 41 with respect to a dispute arising under an agreement under this section, an eligible provider must first exhaust the administrative procedures established by the Secretary under paragraph (1). . (b) Regulations The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prescribe an interim final rule to carry out section 1703A of such title, as added by subsection (a), not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended by inserting after the item related to section 1703 the following new item: 1703A. Veterans Care Agreements with certain health care providers. . 4. Modification of authority to enter into agreements to provide nursing home care (a) Use of agreements (1) In general Paragraph (1) of section 1745(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking a contract (or agreement under section 1720(c)(1) of this title) and inserting an agreement . (2) Payment Paragraph (2) of such section is amended by striking contract (or agreement) each place it appears and inserting agreement . (b) Exclusion of certain Federal contracting provisions Such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) (A) An agreement under this section may be entered into without regard to any law that would require the Secretary to use competitive procedures in selecting the party with which to enter into the agreement. (B) (i) Except as provided in clause (ii)