[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 138 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 138

    Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that small 
 business concerns should continue to play an active role in assisting 
 the United States military, Federal intelligence and law enforcement 
agencies, and State and local police forces by designing and developing 
 innovative products to combat terrorism, and that Federal, State, and 
local governments should aggressively seek out and purchase innovative 
   technologies and services from small business concerns to improve 
        homeland defense and aid in the fight against terrorism.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2003

Mr. Wynn submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Small Business

_______________________________________________________________________

                               RESOLUTION


 
    Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that small 
 business concerns should continue to play an active role in assisting 
 the United States military, Federal intelligence and law enforcement 
agencies, and State and local police forces by designing and developing 
 innovative products to combat terrorism, and that Federal, State, and 
local governments should aggressively seek out and purchase innovative 
   technologies and services from small business concerns to improve 
        homeland defense and aid in the fight against terrorism.

Whereas in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks perpetrated against the United 
        States on September 11, 2001, the Pentagon's Technical Support Working 
        Group, which is responsible for seeking new technologies to assist the 
        military, requested that the people of the United States submit ideas 
        regarding innovative methods to better fight terrorism;
Whereas during the first 2 months after such request, more than 12,500 ideas 
        were submitted to the Technical Support Working Group, most of them from 
        small business concerns;
Whereas small business concerns remain the most innovative sector of the United 
        States economy, accounting for the vast majority of new product ideas 
        and technological innovations;
Whereas the participation of small business concerns in the Federal procurement 
        process is vital to the defense of the United States; and
Whereas despite their achievements, small business concerns often have 
        difficulty marketing and supplying goods and services to Federal, State, 
        and local governments: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) small business concerns should continue to play an 
        active role in assisting the United States military, Federal 
        intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and State and local 
        police forces by designing and developing innovative products 
        to combat terrorism; and
            (2) Federal, State, and local governments should 
        aggressively seek out and purchase innovative technologies and 
        services from, and promote research opportunities for, small 
        business concerns to improve homeland defense and aid in the 
        fight against terrorism.
                                 <all>