1.This Act may be cited as the
Small Business Contracting
Revitalization Act of 2010
.
2.The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short
title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I—Contract
bundling
Sec. 101. Leadership and
oversight.
Sec. 102. Consolidation of contract
requirements.
Sec. 103. Small business teams pilot
program.
TITLE II—Subcontracting
integrity
Sec. 201. GAO recommendations on
subcontracting misrepresentations.
Sec. 202. Small business subcontracting
improvements.
TITLE III—Acquisition
process
Sec. 301. Reservation of prime contract
awards for small businesses.
Sec. 302. Micro-purchase
guidelines.
Sec. 303. Agency
accountability.
Sec. 304. Payment of
subcontractors.
Sec. 305. Repeal of Small Business
Competitiveness Demonstration Program.
TITLE IV—Small business
size and status integrity
Sec. 401. Policy and
presumptions.
Sec. 402. Annual
certification.
Sec. 403. Training for contracting and
enforcement personnel.
Sec. 404. Updated size
standards.
Sec. 405. Study and report on the
mentor-protege program.
3.In this Act—
(1)the terms Administration and
Administrator mean the Small Business Administration and the
Administrator thereof, respectively; and
(2)the term small business
concern has the meaning given that term under section 3 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contract bundling</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9998CE1560344AE7BFDA329F2BE7ACC2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leadership and oversight</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id191F5B4C5EC840D1BDF71A17DB9C1D3E"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 644) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FCE8C38FC1249E58799A18B409140A6"><enum>(q)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bundling Accountability Measures</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7CBCC2B984C24E41B2F7001197E982F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Teaming requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Federal agency shall include in each
solicitation for any contract award above the substantial bundling threshold of
the Federal agency a provision soliciting bids by teams and joint ventures of
small business concerns.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8710F4C6E4A945C696DC42E6B5A22689"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agency Policies on Reduction of Contract
Bundling</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each
Federal agency shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AC3649BAB9748259A119DE732600DC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this subsection, publish on the website of the Federal agency the
policy of the Federal agency regarding contracting bundling and consolidation,
including regarding the solicitation of teaming and joint ventures under
paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16B49D0619104D519242BEA5CD6AF548"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 30 days after the date on
which the head of the Federal agency submits data certifications to the
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, publish on the website of the
Federal agency a list and rationale for any bundled contract for which the
Federal agency solicited bids or that was awarded by the Federal agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE48D2549A94347CDA96A6415BB8B0CE8"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this subsection, and every 3 years thereafter, the Director of
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization for each Federal agency shall
submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate
and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives a report
regarding procurement center representatives and commercial market
representatives, which shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD27FC372FB5146C5A4FFD6AAC1F73397"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify each area for which the Federal
agency has assigned a procurement center representative or a commercial market
representative;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id179C7574E5504B61BEC68EDE3FE5433C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">explain why the Federal agency selected the
areas identified under subparagraph (A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17193C1C244440C8B0103BCBF474277A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the activities performed by
procurement center representatives and commercial market
representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11B34F0F76D0479CB1D00792CC67F4BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical correction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 644(g)) is amended by striking <quote>Administrator of the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd4024a0d45a9466db49fbeeee312b2cf"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB90DA0FAFC1C42C6B4A7C2FC3FFADAF7"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
submit to Congress a report regarding the procurement center representative
program of the Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD04865A90EA8416C884461C354D5C781"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report submitted under paragraph (1)
shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43FA4D08A13C4C51A1EAFC944AA8AE0C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">address ways to improve the effectiveness
of the procurement center representative program in helping small business
concerns obtain Federal contracts;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D561F96B7C7449C9069C6CB42B43095"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the effectiveness of procurement
center representatives and commercial marketing representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2043A50331B54D61AD63483B301738A4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include recommendations, if any, on how to
improve the procurement center representative program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3df85eb9c1494b0d8e2b5686a9856c23"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Electronic procurement center
representative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall
implement an electronic procurement center representative program.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7730D599B6DB4D58BFB56DF8F57BFCB8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consolidation of contract
requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61BF6F1E13AD4664B1CD4456166CDE60"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating section 44 as section 45;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA00E9E5DF7346D9B108D49850EB099A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after section 43 the
following:</text>
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBD593EB2489C4F9BC5DB88BAD33C3A4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>44.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consolidation of contract
requirements</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09BBF6C492FF43E58277A63DBEBB4794"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id555F4E620E904E43B38C0810C0BE8146"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Chief Acquisition
Officer</term> means the employee of a Federal agency designated as the Chief
Acquisition Officer for the Federal agency under section 16(a) of the Office of
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(a));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA8AD1580AD01446BB638E3977512A579"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>consolidation of contract
requirements</term>, with respect to contract requirements of a Federal agency,
means a use of a solicitation to obtain offers for a single contract or a
multiple award contract to satisfy 2 or more requirements of the Federal agency
for goods or services that have been, are being, or will be provided to, or
will be performed for or would typically be performed for, the Federal agency
under 2 or more separate contracts lower in cost than the total cost of the
contract for which the offers are solicited;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF43E014A73D24829A95F16EED4C9A6F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Federal agency</term> does
not include the Department of Defense or any agency of the Department of
Defense;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id556A218290F346429885BBC131ED0481"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>multiple award
contract</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB0DB882522D437F913D38BE4062B459"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a multiple award task order contract or
delivery order contract that is entered into under the authority of sections
303H through 303K of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949 (41 U.S.C. 253h through 253k); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D08F556455842AD8592D02E29B64C73"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other indefinite delivery, indefinite
quantity contract that is entered into by the head of a Federal agency with 2
or more sources pursuant to the same solicitation; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3CDB00CD80F4F4BA2BA6BD6E1FE415D"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>senior procurement
executive</term> means an official designated under section 16(c) of the Office
of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(c)) as the senior procurement
executive for a Federal agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id063338B34DFB49A1ABC5C92D6A1B685C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each Federal agency shall
ensure that the decisions made by the Federal agency regarding consolidation of
contract requirements of the Federal agency are made with a view to providing
small business concerns with appropriate opportunities to participate as prime
contractors and subcontractors in the procurements of the Federal
agency.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2AFDA1BC49294581FE22709BBEA1B7E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on use of acquisition strategies
involving consolidation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3729031528B04EE696210986DE46465B"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of a Federal agency may not carry
out an acquisition strategy that includes a consolidation of contract
requirements of the Federal agency with a total value of more than $2,000,000,
unless the senior procurement executive or Chief Acquisition Officer for the
Federal agency, before carrying out the acquisition strategy—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4CEE7A546DA0353A99ACD86B43EDFC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conducts market research;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48A3C4DD42F93EF42ED965B97CF0CFD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifies any alternative contracting
approaches that would involve a lesser degree of consolidation of contract
requirements; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD69779E8415491DA3AAC9DBCA49143B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines that the consolidation of
contract requirements is necessary and justified.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F706568436D910C62F7F4A5CFDE285"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination that consolidation is
necessary and justified</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB914187C45244B808FBF121B413EBE68"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A senior procurement executive or Chief
Acquisition Officer may determine that an acquisition strategy involving a
consolidation of contract requirements is necessary and justified for the
purposes of paragraph (1)(C) if the benefits of the acquisition strategy
substantially exceed the benefits of each of the possible alternative
contracting approaches identified under paragraph (1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFF04013EAD64208A16E395DEFB88859"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Savings in administrative or personnel
costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
subparagraph (A), savings in administrative or personnel costs alone do not
constitute a sufficient justification for a consolidation of contract
requirements in a procurement unless the expected total amount of the cost
savings, as determined by the senior procurement executive or Chief Acquisition
Officer, is substantial in relation to the total cost of the
procurement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3012ABA342B6BE728FC66CAAD1DAEDC"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Benefits to be considered</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The benefits considered for the purposes of
paragraphs (1) and (2) may include cost and, regardless of whether quantifiable
in dollar amounts—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H495FCE6243A2F5C2251BFDB34B76FB7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">quality;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3907BA2C49C9D19BB7CB67A4FC8B60F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acquisition cycle;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3C27A4D4918D129A32A46B1AAF5BFC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">terms and conditions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2AD262F48BF52415E7C6DAC43D46A6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other
benefit.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC85826E234B47DFA83D3B3CFD694CFB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Small business teams pilot program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDEE34AF18FD6457696A8E00FEA3EDB88"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC364614CCCD4CE69BE4993A30460E38"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>Center</term> means the
Center for Small Business Teaming established under subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91410373C24647378B343264C20CCF3D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>eligible organization</term>
means a well-established national organization for small business concerns with
the capacity to provide assistance to small business concerns (which may be
provided with the assistance of the Center) relating to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB0715D631824020B23BA2800F3C932E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">customer relations and outreach;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2025D30BDAC742AE9C42ABF2C67C7398"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submitting bids and proposals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1AFDCCD797CB473F827B5F2DA52C0724"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">team relations and outreach; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15945E67A3E74EE2A3D32FD381B22F29"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">performance measurement and quality
assurance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E62BB6DD11F4B53805CDD50554D0C55"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall establish a Center
for Small Business Teaming within the Administration to carry out a pilot
program for teaming and joint ventures involving small business
concerns.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BDAD01835FD45C3842732ADFBEF44F4"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Center may make grants to eligible
organizations to assemble teams of small business concerns to compete for
larger procurement contracts.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C29DEDBABFB4AEE901EA5C260615AA4"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contracting opportunities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id319A1A4EA57D4BB0AD7655C673631ACB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Center shall work with eligible
organizations receiving a grant under this section to identify appropriate
contracting opportunities for teams or joint ventures of small business
concerns.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C8938E865AD4A02B5109D458D2302CB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Restricted competition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A contracting officer of a Federal agency
may restrict competition for any contract for the procurement of goods or
services by the Federal agency to teams or joint ventures of small business
concerns if determined appropriate by the contracting officer.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE09F7C025F5E479D94DC223C49280D5E"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authorities under this section shall
terminate 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4713AB4E8BA84CC782F06DF7067BA64B"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated for grants by the Center under subsection (c)
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subcontracting integrity</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A42D42FC95D4A3CBAEFDEB08B08412E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GAO recommendations on subcontracting
misrepresentations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCE050F7EB25412D8297024FCF7F84F1"><enum>(o)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prevention of misrepresentations in
subcontracting; implementation of recommendations of Comptroller
General</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F80122F99774B529153235DB8CB3351"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statement of policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the policy of Congress that the
recommendations of the Comptroller General of the United States in Report No.
05–459, concerning oversight improvements necessary to ensure maximum
practicable participation by small business concerns in subcontracting, shall
be implemented Government-wide, to the maximum extent possible.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC108432647BF430C8D9277E629E9E56"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contractor compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance of Federal prime contractors
with subcontracting plans relating to small business concerns shall be
evaluated as a percentage of obligated prime contract dollars and as a
percentage of subcontracts awarded.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5E481AC98F84B2086873F5D5600E500"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Issuance of agency policies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this subsection, the head of each Federal agency shall issue a
policy on subcontracting compliance relating to small business concerns,
including assignment of compliance responsibilities between contracting
offices, small business offices, and program offices and periodic oversight and
review
activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90E9D304230243AF861171896BF2A93F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Small business subcontracting
improvements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8(d)(6)
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(6)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC67F8F227A94AE1A574BAEEA0E007B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF13E779D00E24CFFA400E7C27FAC59BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (F), by striking the period
at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5034909F74743118E103CC0E5D2B03C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end, the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3729B7FFE4A6426AAEDC4D28AE94B46" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55117FEC92454B43A9288E00F200E844"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a certification that the offeror or bidder
will acquire articles, equipment, supplies, services, or materials, or obtain
the performance of construction work from the small business concerns used in
preparing and submitting to the contracting agency the bid or proposal, in the
same amount and quality used in preparing and submitting the bid or proposal,
unless the small business concerns are no longer in business or can no longer
meet the quality, quantity, or delivery
date.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acquisition process</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD69F39ABBE3C4BB18805C28AACAFF9A8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reservation of prime contract awards for
small businesses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15 of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644), as amended by this Act, is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93DA21CED24344D8B6C7BD71D429C092" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6EE4FDF6D4B4687B52E7BD33A55E043"><enum>(r)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Government-Wide acquisition
contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator for
Federal Procurement Policy and the Administrator shall jointly, by regulation,
establish criteria for Federal agencies for—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59CB22C046E843499DE797F7AFDD825A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">setting aside part or parts of a multiple
award contract (as defined in section 44), Federal supply schedule contracts,
and other Government-wide acquisition contracts for small business concerns,
including the subcategories of small business concerns identified in subsection
(g)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27C414F4242D40239B627321F41F5A77"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">setting aside orders placed against
multiple award contracts, Federal supply schedule contracts, and other
Government-wide acquisition contracts for small business concerns, including
the subcategories of small business concerns identified in subsection (g)(2);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59C6C22CE1C343FB9DBF80F1EB33F7ED"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reserving 1 or more contract awards for
small business concerns under full and open multiple award procurements,
including the subcategories of small business concerns identified in subsection
(g)(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A3C0E6D6AF74585A01C0F21838DF166" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Micro-purchase guidelines</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Controller of the Office of Federal Financial
Management shall issue guidelines regarding the analysis of purchase card
expenditures to identify opportunities for achieving and accurately measuring
fair participation of small business concerns in purchases in an amount not in
excess of the micro-purchase threshold, as defined in section 32 of the Office
of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428) (in this section referred to
as <quote>micro-purchases</quote>), consistent with the national policy on
small business participation in Federal procurements set forth in sections 2(a)
and 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631(a) and 644(g)), and
dissemination of best practices for participation of small business concerns in
micro-purchases.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8A648E96582E47DE9F7195FA6EEAA817" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agency accountability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15(g)(2) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C.
644(g)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0C0912118EE44CCF9BCA1CD76582ACEE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(A)</quote> after
<quote>(2)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID06C1BFFA8A844788A8CE3999B1555312"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking “Goals established” and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID040675C6A5C64D1397D0CBC6C09B29D1" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB79030F5BE73498B966AFC1884F6B19C" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Goals
established</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD739858B57024205AE134A763837757D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Whenever</quote> and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID82FE9C38173147B1AF7EEDF88DAD063C" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7D225352EE1D491E846593E3BEBD1388" indent="up4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFB1BD6C236874829AD57AB1CD3F5D6E1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>For the purpose
of</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEFA20ACEF05C4865A1355591E72FCEB7" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB1D2173F825D4A7680C1036C0CA48094" indent="up2"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose
of</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id642DE447C8B34F639EFE539A9C54B7BC"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The head of each Federal
agency, in attempting to attain such participation</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC82D8484D4854E6E846A27EA8A869908" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3EA97C6A99A04D5D8AFF5610009143B3" indent="up2"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each Federal agency, in
attempting to attain the participation described in subparagraph
(D)</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE2246DCDC18848BF8638A5ECD51C59B4"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), as so
designated—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2841967F00214DB7B8A197CE78088B5F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(A) contracts</quote>
and inserting <quote>(i) contracts</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDCDE090BCBD6431AB6AB293E4403B456"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(B) contracts</quote>
and inserting <quote>(ii) contracts</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID51AC0C6F06E2449FB84FD54AE2473A24"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID27CDA1CBDC574685888BA961BF30CBCA" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID03ACE6A61E604DE097314EE226D75AFF" indent="up2"><enum>(F)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID3B95D814A19E4CA59F41BC35CA4A73B0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each procurement employee or program
manager described in clause (ii)—</text>
<subclause changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB5583C9CCE7642A59B31385425378943" indent="up1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall communicate to the subordinates of
the procurement employee or program manager the importance of achieving small
business goals; and</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID73B9CF7A4C4F45F0866E7A60A267C734" indent="up1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall have as a significant factor in the
annual performance evaluation of the procurement employee or program manager,
where appropriate, the success of that procurement employee or program manager
in small business utilization, in accordance with the goals established under
this subsection.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause changed="deleted" commented="no" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC4B551D1CBE94B8CBF27E4EFBE1208EF" indent="up1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A procurement employee or program manager
described in this clause is a senior procurement executive, senior program
manager, or Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of a
Federal agency having contracting
authority.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0625892FFC584C6A8009EEF91F1224F4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payment of subcontractors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 637(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BF62ED86B414D8BA10C684241B060EC" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40F47970C37441ECAE14342AD057567C" indent="up1"><enum>(11)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payment of subcontractors</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF86357073EBF43B894AA275231950736"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term <term>covered
contract</term> means a contract relating to which a prime contractor is
required to develop a subcontracting plan under paragraph (4) or (5).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD39F302FCB94F99804EA3776C7818BC"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E5A1DED45DB49159FB216825C0769AA"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A prime contractor for a covered contract
shall notify in writing the contracting officer for the covered contract if the
prime contractor pays a reduced price to a subcontractor for goods and services
upon completion of the responsibilities of the subcontractor or the payment to
a subcontractor is more than 90 days past due for goods or services provided
for the covered contract for which—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79555FEC033943ECB604031EE5DCFC11"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal agency has paid the prime
contractor; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC6C0E8668A044908A8C963E086E57179"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the prime contractor has submitted a
request for payment to the Federal agency.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70DCB97E0E584E3BB900E968D8E4F605"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A prime contractor shall include the reason
for the reduction in a payment to or failure to pay a subcontractor in any
notice made under clause (i).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id759642AE374D48829D4F8D3360977B4F"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each Federal agency shall,
after redacting information identifying any subcontractor, make publicly
available any notice made under clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90512ACFEDDC43178B1256DD5243FDEB"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Performance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A contracting officer for a covered
contract shall consider the failure by a prime contractor to make a full or
timely payment to a subcontractor in evaluating the performance of the prime
contractor.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id724ED7565D36455B9210C88E2111F377"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Control of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A contracting officer for a covered
contract may restrict the authority of a prime contractor that has a history of
untimely payment of subcontractors (as determined by the contracting officer)
to make expenditures under or control payment of subcontractors for a covered
contract.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84E1A0AAC1ED46E39A49A0EC7C320CBC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>305.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of Small Business Competitiveness
Demonstration Program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33A0D854AEC44A688A9917BED9553631"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Business Opportunity Development Reform
Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–656) is amended by striking title VII (15 U.S.C.
644 note).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08BB85127EB74EF9A56015E1DA28F042"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date and
applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment
made by this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38506D3E6146464BAE64FB8A170E5BE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall take effect on the date of enactment
of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13422657AA614C6D85EA991B88E8EE35"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">apply to the first full fiscal year after
the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Small business size and status
integrity</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64ED1DCF9CE246F2992DEC054DCD4705" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Policy and presumptions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF118493D07264DAEAEAEBF2CF30DA7CF" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BE36131C6BB44F197236C1346990786"><enum>(t)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Presumption</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF023531C736F4CC8AD0F7EF08402B966"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In every contract, subcontract, cooperative
agreement, cooperative research and development agreement, or grant which is
set aside, reserved, or otherwise classified as intended for award to small
business concerns, there shall be a presumption of loss to the United States
based on the total amount expended on the contract, subcontract, cooperative
agreement, cooperative research and development agreement, or grant whenever it
is established that a business concern other than a small business concern
willfully sought and received the award by misrepresentation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2fc1a3901ece41239b63b16147cead47"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deemed certifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following actions shall be deemed
affirmative, willful, and intentional certifications of small business size and
status:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID182bf27565684ddbab423902fb88c827"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission of a bid or proposal for a
Federal grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, or cooperative
research and development agreement reserved, set aside, or otherwise classified
as intended for award to small business concerns.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaa596e887b764e6c82f20e5ad9f421f1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission of a bid or proposal for a
Federal grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, or cooperative
research and development agreement which in any way encourages a Federal agency
to classify the bid or proposal, if awarded, as an award to a small business
concern.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDedc2c80663364e17839d5c57cf08ca81"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Registration on any Federal electronic
database for the purpose of being considered for award of a Federal grant,
contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, or cooperative research
agreement, as a small business concern.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8ddce999edf84a199df654bb405b3d0b"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certification by signature of responsible
official</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5c5bda3add564b8da993b8fd224ec20b"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each solicitation, bid, or application for
a Federal contract, subcontract, or grant shall contain a certification
concerning the small business size and status of a business concern seeking the
Federal contract, subcontract, or grant.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc1ec607303a84eefb5646f0cbfbca06a"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content of certifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A certification that a business concern
qualifies as a small business concern of the exact size and status claimed by
the business concern for purposes of bidding on a Federal contract or
subcontract, or applying for a Federal grant, shall contain the signature of a
director, officer, or counsel on the same page on which the certification is
contained.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID04ad88ac0d7a470b939aec687e23d842"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall promulgate
regulations to provide adequate protections to individuals and business
concerns from liability under this subsection in cases of unintentional errors,
technical malfunctions, and other similar
situations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB32756F0C11147719B8C6CE52512A527" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual certification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 632), as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF034D0F260E845CC85DF4B73483A7046" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID455ef438b3984799911e0c45fbba7baf"><enum>(u)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual certification</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE4D269A113A4446B8C92108AF65C80A"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each business certified as a small business
concern under this Act shall annually certify its small business size and, if
appropriate, its small business status, by means of a confirming entry on the
ORCA database of the Administration, or any successor thereto.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf27e99c187814feb8e35b55c6824ebe0"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this subsection, the Administrator, in consultation with the
Inspector General and the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Administration,
shall promulgate regulations to ensure that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID994d88627c0244f689779473139fbb24"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no business concern continues to be
certified as a small business concern on the ORCA database of the
Administration, or any successor thereto, without fulfilling the requirements
for annual certification under this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID034d2253c26f443f8b4995c410b68915"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the requirements of this subsection are
implemented in a manner presenting the least possible regulatory burden on
small business concerns.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61AFBE1E5BAA45DE869D1B7634DD0AAE"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination of size status</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The small business size or status of a
business concern shall be determined at the time of the award of a
Federal—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id389C7FEA742D4B4D935A9BA2E5EE82B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contract, except that, in the case of
interagency multiple award contracts (as defined in section 44), small business
size or status shall be determined annually, except for purposes of the award
of each task or delivery order set aside or reserved for small business
concerns;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9CEBC9EA9CF47F7A73B341FDB0481BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subcontract;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idABDBC83613A8423AB2E89B1ECCD7C9CF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03434C0BBB644CBD93E481CA26AD35ED"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cooperative agreement; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A5310DEAADF476BA9EE38DD9C3C9F1C"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cooperative research and development
agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7EA35B7A48FA460CB93B05976ACFC6D0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training for contracting and enforcement
personnel</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1f7b2c580f9f458090308a1f7a64d5e2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Institute, in consultation with
the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, shall develop courses
concerning proper classification of business concerns and small business size
and status for purposes of Federal contracts, subcontracts, grants, cooperative
agreements, and cooperative research and development agreements.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4f5c4517a31144a09da6a9b70c756c8e"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Policy on prosecutions of small business
size and status fraud</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632), as amended by this Act, is amended
by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD520CA60B9C14FD78BD17A4FB1727FB9" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFAC13F746381441FB8208F700E8625A8"><enum>(v)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Policy on prosecutions of small business
size and status fraud</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the head of
each relevant Federal agency and the Inspector General of the Administration
shall issue a Government-wide policy on prosecution of small business size and
status
fraud.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB0B7E711365B4CE4A527C6F4A85A36ED" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Updated size standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator
shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5D8CD3654E948EBA8AB344B763C1A3C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a detailed review of the size
standards for small business concerns established under section 3(a)(2) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADEF02671E624B66B16ABAAF06F1539D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make appropriate adjustments to size
standards under that section to reflect market conditions; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4AAA331C6092474BB3885EEF76C61B7F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make publically available information
regarding—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB343E035F7AA4DFB9215EA5F06BBC499"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the factors evaluated as part of the review
conducted under paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5AFEF3A6BFE346928F65BDAEBBB1987F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the criteria used for any revised size
standards promulgated under paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8214CE8AF8454582B4C59A59E555E205" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>405.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study and report on the mentor-protege
program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7778b14d17e34dbbaa01f976859953d0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct a study of the mentor-protege program of the
Administration for small business concerns participating in programs under
section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)), and other
relationships and strategic alliances pairing a larger business and a small
business concern partner to gain access to Federal Government contracts, to
determine whether the programs and relationships are effectively supporting the
goal of increasing the participation of small business concerns in Government
contracting.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2d418b0ccee646849f08e8b06aef0fed"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Matters To Be studied</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study conducted under this section
shall include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A7418C289284878B1749EC8F25943D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of a broad cross-section of
industries; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36540067E26B4A9997A85FB2138B9E0E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3333206aa85c4129a47ab1cc23af412b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how each Federal agency carrying out a
program described in subsection (a) administers and monitors the
program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa8f146d67c244ff595a71fd1c5e34cb4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether there are systems in place to
ensure that the mentor-protege relationship, or similar affiliation, promotes
real gain to the protege, and is not just a mechanism to enable participants
that would not otherwise qualify under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 637(a)) to receive contracts under that section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID74dd415efd3a4485bdee8ae38adda59b"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the degree to which protege businesses
become able to compete for Federal contracts without the assistance of a
mentor.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa4fc2f7ed03b4953a55fd5cc486c0bb7"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on
Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small
Business of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study
conducted under this section.</text>
</subsection></section>
1.This Act may be cited as the
Small Business Contracting
Revitalization Act of 2010
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short
title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I—Contract
bundling
Sec. 101. Leadership and oversight.
Sec. 102. Consolidation of contract
requirements.
Sec. 103. Small business teams pilot
program.
TITLE II—Subcontracting
integrity
Sec. 201. GAO recommendations on subcontracting
misrepresentations.
Sec. 202. Small business subcontracting
improvements.
TITLE III—Acquisition
process
Sec. 301. Reservation of prime contract awards
for small businesses.
Sec. 302. Micro-purchase
guidelines.
Sec. 303. Agency accountability.
Sec. 304. Payment of
subcontractors.
Sec. 305. Repeal of Small Business
Competitiveness Demonstration Program.
TITLE IV—Small business size and
status integrity
Sec. 401. Policy and presumptions.
Sec. 402. Annual certification.
Sec. 403. Training for contracting and
enforcement personnel.
Sec. 404. Updated size standards.
Sec. 405. Study and report on the
mentor-protege program.
Sec. 406. Policy on support of competitive
enterprise system.
Sec. 407. Contracting goals
reports.
3.In this Act—
(1)the terms Administration and
Administrator mean the Small Business Administration and the
Administrator thereof, respectively; and
(2)the term small
business concern has the meaning given that term under section 3 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
<enum>I</enum><header>Contract
bundling</header>
<section id="id637c7bfb-7a86-4e5e-afea-077e718ba7a7"><enum>101.</enum><header>Leadership and
oversight</header>
<subsection id="id3d6b5c8e-d387-42cd-ad45-1c31c396686f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 15 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c580789-72ed-4981-986e-385b06f619f1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id06787f80-2081-4a89-b8f6-8a0e2e5f12e2"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Bundling Accountability
Measures</header>
<paragraph id="idd07d2594-5ae0-43ed-aaad-35c75d092de6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Teaming
requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Federal
agency shall include in each solicitation for any contract award above the
substantial bundling threshold of the Federal agency a provision soliciting
bids by teams and joint ventures of small business concerns.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idfb5698ef-b169-4f0d-907f-53adbd421be2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agency Policies on
Reduction of Contract Bundling</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of each Federal agency
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8ec148e0-33ca-4924-a052-49c596afe5b4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this subsection, publish on the website of the Federal agency the
policy of the Federal agency regarding contracting bundling and consolidation,
including regarding the solicitation of teaming and joint ventures under
paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id858231c0-9e1b-460d-acdf-3edce168ca11"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 30 days after the date on
which the head of the Federal agency submits data certifications to the
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, publish on the website of the
Federal agency a list and rationale for any bundled contract for which the
Federal agency solicited bids or that was awarded by the Federal agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id885710a0-feb1-4023-a5ba-14154dcd7a7c"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reporting</header><text>Not later than 90
days after the date of enactment of this subsection, and every 3 years
thereafter, the Area Directors for Government Contracting of the Administration
shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the
Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives a
report regarding procurement center representatives and commercial market
representatives, which shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcec908f5-7934-4560-a2d6-6d8443d045b3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify each area for
which the Administration has assigned a procurement center representative or a
commercial market representative;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id324140df-764d-43ba-b60b-5fcf70e2f95f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>explain why the
Administration selected the areas identified under subparagraph (A); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4585e968-b8c3-4eba-9397-9e665bc754a4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describe the activities
performed by procurement center representatives and commercial market
representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id8414c3d5-3819-4f52-babe-08f2f689ba3b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical
correction</header><text>Section 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
644(g)) is amended by striking <quote>Administrator of the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id91f86805-7643-4ec9-ab6a-638603ff43e8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="id0f355355-bd57-4cef-8ac6-1cdc2a5977a7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress
a report regarding the procurement center representative program of the
Administration.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id29b7932b-d3e5-41fd-b3cf-8a3fc7a0d5c4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report submitted under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idcfb5da9f-1f09-4489-864c-8ca56ca18b1e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>address ways to improve
the effectiveness of the procurement center representative program in helping
small business concerns obtain Federal contracts;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id98f0f95e-f739-4ac7-92a4-bcb1e4eccb86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>evaluate the
effectiveness of procurement center representatives and commercial marketing
representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4862b9b4-50a4-4d9e-9818-a9843d4fb018"><enum>(C)</enum><text>include recommendations,
if any, on how to improve the procurement center representative program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9a3f3a4b-e23a-4d0d-bf3d-cfa8cddb09a1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Electronic procurement
center representative</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall implement an electronic
procurement center representative program.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id496a0001-bfe3-4724-ac8d-b3b456d9cf61"><enum>102.</enum><header>Consolidation of
contract requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idd39c395e-75de-4c9b-a5c3-e1a74796382a"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating section 44 as section 45;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04f9bdc2-cc80-4f11-a19f-9631a497a28e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after section 43 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2af28c51-4b32-4d05-94a0-97e045c90493" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<section id="id9bf2980a-702b-42f1-af2e-d294aa5e7813"><enum>44.</enum><header>Consolidation of
contract requirements</header>
<subsection id="id50f647bb-0319-456e-8b0e-3bf52188ac52"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section—</text>
<paragraph id="id01362f8a-5207-4719-b984-d91ebea3fd23"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>Chief
Acquisition Officer</term> means the employee of a Federal agency designated as
the Chief Acquisition Officer for the Federal agency under section 16(a) of the
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(a));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id54d6619e-ed00-42f4-a60f-3ead218e2f49"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term
<term>consolidation of contract requirements</term>, with respect to contract
requirements of a Federal agency, means a use of a solicitation to obtain
offers for a single contract or a multiple award contract to satisfy 2 or more
requirements of the Federal agency for goods or services that have been, are
being, or will be provided to, or will be performed for or would typically be
performed for, the Federal agency under 2 or more separate contracts lower in
cost than the total cost of the contract for which the offers are
solicited;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id698c706c-8f23-42ce-bad3-36506ff61f54"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <term>multiple
award contract</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2e091006-9cd3-4428-83d9-7dc849fb3264"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a multiple award task
order contract or delivery order contract that is entered into under the
authority of sections 303H through 303K of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253h through 253k); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf67fc511-107e-44a0-8b09-69dcf1505372"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other indefinite
delivery, indefinite quantity contract that is entered into by the head of a
Federal agency with 2 or more sources pursuant to the same solicitation;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id465b5ee0-6dc3-4c48-b035-afa3660615fb"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <term>senior
procurement executive</term> means an official designated under section 16(c)
of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 414(c)) as the
senior procurement executive for a Federal agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide772cdff-1ea3-4c13-8bdc-c2b387ab5286"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>The
head of each Federal agency shall ensure that the decisions made by the Federal
agency regarding consolidation of contract requirements of the Federal agency
are made with a view to providing small business concerns with appropriate
opportunities to participate as prime contractors and subcontractors in the
procurements of the Federal agency.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id088c7257-d15a-4d27-a83f-ed2cc18bdf0b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on use of
acquisition strategies involving consolidation</header>
<paragraph id="iddd4c7344-dbe8-4f71-a80f-5dd120752c9d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The head of a Federal agency may not carry out an
acquisition strategy that includes a consolidation of contract requirements of
the Federal agency with a total value of more than $2,000,000, unless the
senior procurement executive or Chief Acquisition Officer for the Federal
agency, before carrying out the acquisition strategy—</text>
<subparagraph id="idb073736a-b7b9-430e-8595-22573e72d8c3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conducts market
research;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida9101ea1-3202-4080-ae8a-b7b5dbc66a49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifies any
alternative contracting approaches that would involve a lesser degree of
consolidation of contract requirements;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idef36405c-84b4-41fa-891b-84c28ece6657"><enum>(C)</enum><text>makes a written
determination that the consolidation of contract requirements is necessary and
justified;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8B75FB4436BC472CB10CF6C59806B5E9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identifies any negative
impact by the acquisition strategy on contracting with small business concerns;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idCFFF14DC83D746D1A797E09F83FE54DA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>certifies that the
acquisition strategy fulfills the small business contracting goals of the
Federal agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id66c3d3b0-59e8-4084-ae6a-16aa2d0982c8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination that
consolidation is necessary and justified</header>
<subparagraph id="id358379a6-7dd8-40af-babb-e306b5dd13b1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A senior procurement executive or Chief Acquisition
Officer may determine that an acquisition strategy involving a consolidation of
contract requirements is necessary and justified for the purposes of paragraph
(1)(C) if the benefits of the acquisition strategy substantially exceed the
benefits of each of the possible alternative contracting approaches identified
under paragraph (1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf8e8e2f2-0d38-428b-8f23-243ab5981845"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Savings in
administrative or personnel costs</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph
(A), savings in administrative or personnel costs alone do not constitute a
sufficient justification for a consolidation of contract requirements in a
procurement unless the expected total amount of the cost savings, as determined
by the senior procurement executive or Chief Acquisition Officer, is
substantial in relation to the total cost of the procurement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb89d184c-1868-43d6-8cac-b6388c10864a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Benefits to be
considered</header><text>The benefits considered for the purposes of paragraphs
(1) and (2) may include cost and, regardless of whether quantifiable in dollar
amounts—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5fbb49ed-e98c-4abf-ad94-cc6ffaae0345"><enum>(A)</enum><text>quality;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfd4c1365-984e-452a-b85b-066d95d20f4c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>acquisition cycle;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id77bfb50a-7661-4559-8e33-9021c1530d99"><enum>(C)</enum><text>terms and conditions;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf836e8e7-0f7b-4e08-a681-a3d11395199f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other
benefit.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="idd3ab595b-a35d-4b28-b550-1d29ccacbbc7"><enum>103.</enum><header>Small business teams
pilot program</header>
<subsection id="iddc2e4efc-1a7a-4283-89e3-2e6b74b7c039"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section—</text>
<paragraph id="id8839f812-69dd-4f95-aefa-60b57126b991"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term
<term>Center</term> means the Center for Small Business Teaming established
under subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb2fa5788-3a70-4f8e-aacd-06e397551b74"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>eligible
organization</term> means a well-established national organization for small
business concerns with the capacity to provide assistance to small business
concerns (which may be provided with the assistance of the Center) relating
to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id77c3ea14-b872-4a31-835c-03958bf8e3fe"><enum>(A)</enum><text>customer relations and
outreach;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9b5abeb0-dd07-4727-b22b-2ef14a7aaf8a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submitting bids and
proposals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf00b3e41-8481-44aa-9334-bfd4ecd931fb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>team relations and
outreach; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id610b7323-0ad3-4120-8752-145214c1a584"><enum>(D)</enum><text>performance measurement
and quality assurance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd36321d1-7ff2-4fed-b708-d8037d3b71bf"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Administrator shall establish a Center for Small Business Teaming within the
Administration to carry out a pilot program for teaming and joint ventures
involving small business concerns.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id6031526a-3d0f-47b5-8234-ad5f03980d88"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>The
Center may make grants to eligible organizations to assemble teams of small
business concerns to compete for larger procurement contracts.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4a777535-104d-404d-b50b-c63f8a050824"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Contracting
opportunities</header>
<paragraph id="id09ae2dd8-1d72-4aa0-a584-f340bb8b4565"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Center shall work with eligible organizations
receiving a grant under this section to identify appropriate contracting
opportunities for teams or joint ventures of small business concerns.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idea7710ee-e2a2-488c-872b-41ecdafeead4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Restricted
competition</header><text>A contracting officer of a Federal agency may
restrict competition for any contract for the procurement of goods or services
by the Federal agency to teams or joint ventures of small business concerns if
determined appropriate by the contracting officer.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id971a3703-a0ce-4dd0-b2a8-332620450809"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The
authorities under this section shall terminate 5 years after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id22d7d19f-e5fc-47b7-9528-d4376238add9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for grants
by the Center under subsection (c) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010
through 2015.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Subcontracting
integrity</header>
<section commented="no" id="id21250fd6-dfce-44e9-8403-2535311135c2"><enum>201.</enum><header>GAO recommendations on
subcontracting misrepresentations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 637) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a0278ed-2dd8-4703-a3c3-4da7381c127d" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="idd1ba1d9a-e623-4f89-9f12-48b5095b5d13"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Prevention of
misrepresentations in subcontracting; implementation of recommendations of
Comptroller General</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idc35de53c-b112-445e-9d71-eefe1fc97a86"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Statement of
policy</header><text>It is the policy of Congress that the recommendations of
the Comptroller General of the United States in Report No. 05–459, concerning
oversight improvements necessary to ensure maximum practicable participation by
small business concerns in subcontracting, shall be implemented
Government-wide, to the maximum extent possible.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id859dcd78-61d8-4bcb-8bfa-139425234313"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contractor
compliance</header><text>Compliance of Federal prime contractors with
subcontracting plans relating to small business concerns shall be evaluated as
a percentage of obligated prime contract dollars and as a percentage of
subcontracts awarded.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id9c8e33d4-574e-4ece-a14b-1f4ed87fcab2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Issuance of agency
policies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the head of each Federal
agency shall issue a policy on subcontracting compliance relating to small
business concerns, including assignment of compliance responsibilities between
contracting offices, small business offices, and program offices and periodic
oversight and review
activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id046f5702-ee93-4f67-89f1-16fadb821d98"><enum>202.</enum><header>Small business
subcontracting improvements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8(d)(6) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 637(d)(6)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id2e47172d-769e-416d-93a0-cdda5ba345a5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id73ef148e-8b1d-42ef-8c20-9c9547b99d80"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id156855c4-55b7-41cb-a7af-89349836e0ef"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end, the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id6a3c4f5c-f48b-4d18-919c-f40fe020b57e" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id7748809c-71e7-4284-b954-4900368e01fc"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a certification that the
offeror or bidder will acquire articles, equipment, supplies, services, or
materials, or obtain the performance of construction work from the small
business concerns used in preparing and submitting to the contracting agency
the bid or proposal, in the same amount and quality used in preparing and
submitting the bid or proposal, unless the small business concerns are no
longer in business or can no longer meet the quality, quantity, or delivery
date.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Acquisition
process</header>
<section id="ida0faab4d-395a-4ca8-8ee4-7ce132919239"><enum>301.</enum><header>Reservation of prime
contract awards for small businesses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 644), as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6BEF4C498C714985A986CB21262081E8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idb7cd0a7f-cb76-4f38-b72a-92c6b6d8db65"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Government-wide
acquisition contracts</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this subsection, the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy,
in consultation with the Administrator, shall, by regulation, establish
criteria for Federal agencies for—</text>
<paragraph id="id03fcb5b4-7402-4f7d-b272-c7150ae5549b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>setting aside part or
parts of a multiple award contract (as defined in section 44), Federal supply
schedule contracts, and other Government-wide acquisition contracts for small
business concerns, including the subcategories of small business concerns
identified in subsection (g)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0caa05c5-c1be-4c04-ac58-f1dfe5f9ad84"><enum>(2)</enum><text>setting aside orders
placed against multiple award contracts, Federal supply schedule contracts, and
other Government-wide acquisition contracts for small business concerns,
including the subcategories of small business concerns identified in subsection
(g)(2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9c55399f-3219-4b40-8500-ed64784991b4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reserving 1 or more
contract awards for small business concerns under full and open multiple award
procurements, including the subcategories of small business concerns identified
in subsection (g)(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8c5b8990abd34e5182be08bd105b350b"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Protecting individual
small business contract opportunities</header><text>For each fiscal year, the
head of a Federal agency shall award through competition restricted to small
business concerns contracts in a total number and amount equal to the total
number and amount of contracts not awarded through competition restricted to
small business concerns because—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1e8796ca258440569588ee23eb777875"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the small business
concern that is the prime contractor for the contract merged with or was
acquired by a business concern that is not a small business concern; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7d8936baa1de4163b90ceb813ec72a37"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Federal agency
awarded the contract through full and open competition for the purposes of a
follow-on
contract.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id4abee7ed-52b3-460a-84f1-16b0f9768c82"><enum>302.</enum><header>Micro-purchase
guidelines</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall issue guidelines regarding the analysis of purchase
card expenditures to identify opportunities for achieving and accurately
measuring fair participation of small business concerns in purchases in an
amount not in excess of the micro-purchase threshold, as defined in section 32
of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428) (in this
section referred to as <quote>micro-purchases</quote>), consistent with the
national policy on small business participation in Federal procurements set
forth in sections 2(a) and 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631(a)
and 644(g)), and dissemination of best practices for participation of small
business concerns in micro-purchases.</text>
</section><section id="id6d33a56e-91dc-4e2d-97eb-d7d90f6cef00"><enum>303.</enum><header>Agency
accountability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
15(g)(2) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15
U.S.C. 644(g)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id3d277d42-4dd3-4dc1-9cf9-4235ba80c270"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(A)</quote> after <quote>(2)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idc0717dbb-a08a-42d8-a342-64fd40deea66"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking “Goals
established” and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="ide33c0441-2bf4-4bab-8205-acc6746e58b4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id264a9812-d0b2-4d63-b9eb-7da779b20be1" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Goals
established</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb7266c3b-84e4-4100-acba-482c55b06071"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Whenever</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="idff008e20-a46b-44b3-924a-68f6e3465ba8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subclause id="id5cc6079a-0d50-4e5d-ab7e-152fb197bfad" indent="up4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Whenever</text>
</subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idadb460cb-274b-41bb-a63a-e508e69cf53e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>For
the purpose of</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="id57494126-c0fa-4ca9-923c-6beca434b422" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id21c26a6f-2832-49aa-8b40-b0fcac7fdd18" indent="up2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>For the purpose
of</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idb3dd7cd9-9a01-4810-be76-ac047d478fcb"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The
head of each Federal agency, in attempting to attain such participation</quote>
and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c85789e-dd96-42d7-8fc4-81f4daeb2a64" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id6f93d02f-25dc-4738-b5c9-ff41835e4da6" indent="up2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The head of each Federal
agency, in attempting to attain the participation described in subparagraph
(D)</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id75e2b4b1-02ef-4a1f-a731-66880920c1aa"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), as
so designated—</text>
<subparagraph id="id5ad38609-320a-45bb-a0cf-bc810dc1a730"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(A)
contracts</quote> and inserting <quote>(i) contracts</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id304bdb97-80c8-4ac5-bcd9-de90532fc720"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(B)
contracts</quote> and inserting <quote>(ii) contracts</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ideaa6e269-a77f-44f8-9fc9-b144ab72b1d1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="idd9d6ad02-10bc-414d-8cf9-9eea53fc4384" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ida0ddc2c8-0235-44b9-b3a1-071caa9e8b68" indent="up2"><enum>(F)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id27104e23-2480-41e7-9593-8797fced9fd8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Each procurement
employee or program manager described in clause (ii)—</text>
<subclause changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="idd16ca315-cec3-4de1-b3b4-0b00f0312bf1" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall communicate to the
subordinates of the procurement employee or program manager the importance of
achieving small business goals; and</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="idef1fc904-13f8-4580-82cf-4eca45e85f12" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>shall have as a
significant factor in the annual performance evaluation of the procurement
employee or program manager, where appropriate, the success of that procurement
employee or program manager in small business utilization, in accordance with
the goals established under this subsection.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" id="idc89188e6-01ff-4d39-a463-8e5b5bd4bc9c" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A procurement employee
or program manager described in this clause is a senior procurement executive,
senior program manager, or Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business
Utilization of a Federal agency having contracting
authority.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id66d8e7cc-d4c5-4280-abc5-a91b414283e8"><enum>304.</enum><header>Payment of
subcontractors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8(d) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id651741a4-4738-4b3a-bb6b-728bc24cb03f" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id358a8b35-9278-4b5a-94fe-7e8c2b032fbd" indent="up1"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Payment of
subcontractors</header>
<subparagraph id="id6f278612-aead-4b84-9bc3-0ffdeadad729"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this paragraph, the term <term>covered contract</term> means a contract
relating to which a prime contractor is required to develop a subcontracting
plan under paragraph (4) or (5).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3769cb12-0c78-49ae-8a6c-492772a654df"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice</header>
<clause id="id9a09ab8a-0f54-4ff2-85b7-6465dea61c00"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A prime contractor for a covered contract shall pay a
small business as quickly as possible after the date on which proper
documentation is received according to the contract terms and before the
payment due date. A prime contractor for a covered contract shall notify in
writing the contracting officer for the covered contract if the prime
contractor pays a reduced price to a subcontractor for goods and services upon
completion of the responsibilities of the subcontractor or the payment to a
subcontractor is more than 90 days past due for goods or services provided for
the covered contract for which—</text>
<subclause id="id55fa8eff-bdb8-4159-94d5-470ce3426fbf"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Federal agency has
paid the prime contractor; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id37f086e8-b14a-4d12-96d7-8022b49db98b"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the prime contractor has
submitted a request for payment to the Federal agency.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ide36b19fe-b096-4c4b-9a37-c18598ce233c"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A
prime contractor shall include the reason for the reduction in a payment to or
failure to pay a subcontractor in any notice made under clause (i).</text>
</clause><clause id="id55fef0d9-3631-443e-8f12-bbbaaae73c16"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Public
availability</header><text>The head of each Federal agency shall, after
redacting information identifying any subcontractor, make publicly available
any notice made under clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id001cb62e-dfbd-4c07-99e0-a88f8a1bd8f7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Performance</header><text>A
contracting officer for a covered contract shall consider the failure by a
prime contractor to make a full or timely payment to a subcontractor in
evaluating the performance of the prime contractor.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc0138c7-1d22-4834-8b3d-cecfda4f61bc"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Control of
funds</header><text>A contracting officer for a covered contract may restrict
the authority of a prime contractor that has a history of untimely payment of
subcontractors (as determined by the contracting officer) to make expenditures
under or control payment of subcontractors for a covered
contract.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idaed730c1-9916-4d59-af53-50b5330add97"><enum>305.</enum><header>Repeal of Small
Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program</header>
<subsection id="id35430144-427b-4f1e-8e35-35a7555fe3af"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Business Opportunity Development Reform Act of 1988
(Public Law 100–656) is amended by striking title VII (15 U.S.C. 644
note).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idd11ed7f4-0740-4a70-8225-4c282aacd910"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date and
applicability</header><text>The amendment made by this section—</text>
<paragraph id="id33a2d4e2-75bd-4423-909c-5a9703e4fad6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall take effect on the
date of enactment of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5ad4d2ae-eb92-41c8-aae3-62396006e82a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>apply to the first full
fiscal year after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Small business size and
status integrity</header>
<section id="id94be58ca-32f9-4cc7-a79e-02fc61aceeb8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Policy and
presumptions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id143d90c2-88fc-4cdc-b450-d1b8d435cf4d" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idcef22ac4-8bfe-434f-a520-0cdef98c0d83"><enum>(t)</enum><header>Presumption</header>
<paragraph id="ide8fca461-40e5-45fd-9aeb-1f311559abf2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In every contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement,
cooperative research and development agreement, or grant which is set aside,
reserved, or otherwise classified as intended for award to small business
concerns, there shall be a presumption of loss to the United States based on
the total amount expended on the contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement,
cooperative research and development agreement, or grant whenever it is
established that a business concern other than a small business concern
willfully sought and received the award by misrepresentation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id13312a61-35b5-49f4-aaae-568a899be1e4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deemed
certifications</header><text>The following actions shall be deemed affirmative,
willful, and intentional certifications of small business size and
status:</text>
<subparagraph id="ide4034257-d2b0-439d-a165-9a48d6096fe3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Submission of a bid or
proposal for a Federal grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, or
cooperative research and development agreement reserved, set aside, or
otherwise classified as intended for award to small business concerns.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id79c78c95-3adb-4728-a1fa-49e47411dc17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Submission of a bid or
proposal for a Federal grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, or
cooperative research and development agreement which in any way encourages a
Federal agency to classify the bid or proposal, if awarded, as an award to a
small business concern.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb27b0dac-4815-447e-a231-07ebd46dd302"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Registration on any
Federal electronic database for the purpose of being considered for award of a
Federal grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, or cooperative
research agreement, as a small business concern.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb0d6cd84-c39f-4da7-a047-2f6e7f7702af"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Certification by
signature of responsible official</header>
<subparagraph id="id743de2b9-93fe-4df6-a9e1-ef04c5eec6f2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each solicitation, bid, or application for a Federal
contract, subcontract, or grant shall contain a certification concerning the
small business size and status of a business concern seeking the Federal
contract, subcontract, or grant.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0467e9b8-3ede-41e8-a34c-14d1fbd661af"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Content of
certifications</header><text>A certification that a business concern qualifies
as a small business concern of the exact size and status claimed by the
business concern for purposes of bidding on a Federal contract or subcontract,
or applying for a Federal grant, shall contain the signature of a director,
officer, or counsel on the same page on which the certification is
contained.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2cce802a-f99c-4aff-bc61-c01434158c88"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Administrator shall promulgate regulations to provide adequate protections to
individuals and business concerns from liability under this subsection in cases
of unintentional errors, technical malfunctions, and other similar
situations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idb92995da-ffac-4b07-b7c6-b1185a990556"><enum>402.</enum><header>Annual
certification</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632), as amended by this Act, is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfda59786-fa44-472d-958d-f674a2414a72" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id13f77b36-4b37-46bd-a14a-ae3acd308d45"><enum>(u)</enum><header>Annual
certification</header>
<paragraph id="ida7dec68d-88d0-4cf3-8122-94e1bef892e0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each business certified as a small business concern under
this Act shall annually certify its small business size and, if appropriate,
its small business status, by means of a confirming entry on the ORCA database
of the Administration, or any successor thereto.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf2ad8377-9a6f-42e2-b733-f5e381788183"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the
Administrator, in consultation with the Inspector General and the Chief Counsel
for Advocacy of the Administration, shall promulgate regulations to ensure
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida2126628-8952-4fa2-b44b-524d835607d3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>no business concern
continues to be certified as a small business concern on the ORCA database of
the Administration, or any successor thereto, without fulfilling the
requirements for annual certification under this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id715498b7-8aa5-4afc-8b1d-c94dc727fd86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the requirements of this
subsection are implemented in a manner presenting the least possible regulatory
burden on small business concerns.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id991cf792-e62f-4afd-875c-70ba1d367c1a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Determination of size
status</header><text>The small business size or status of a business concern
shall be determined at the time of the award of a Federal—</text>
<subparagraph id="idfc05a6e1-7744-4840-b4f6-50a5f804f0e6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contract, except that, in
the case of interagency multiple award contracts (as defined in section 44),
small business size or status shall be determined annually, except for purposes
of the award of each task or delivery order set aside or reserved for small
business concerns;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8b56e73e-c2ba-4f69-885b-59ae88e0b74b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subcontract;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc1a9d11a-5b02-439a-9b74-58467cbee93a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>grant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40deba5a-6c5b-4c12-ab8b-2eb7b254fa78"><enum>(D)</enum><text>cooperative agreement;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide2c68bd6-3a00-4497-8a42-db2db1b80abc"><enum>(E)</enum><text>cooperative research and
development
agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id5084849e-46c2-4ec9-ad7d-573711bb95d9"><enum>403.</enum><header>Training for
contracting and enforcement personnel</header>
<subsection id="idb4cc1824-4bc7-4ee7-a52b-779ad728c0b4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Federal Acquisition Institute, in consultation with the Administrator
for Federal Procurement Policy, shall develop courses for acquisition personnel
concerning proper classification of business concerns and small business size
and status for purposes of Federal contracts, subcontracts, grants, cooperative
agreements, and cooperative research and development agreements.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idd3bbc08e-c1ac-4644-ba70-547b110e8610"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policy on prosecutions
of small business size and status fraud</header><text>Section 3 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632), as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2761121e-2fe8-4527-8ca1-ef7536238c19" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id374797fa-4865-4acd-93f2-324986017145"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Policy on prosecutions
of small business size and status fraud</header><text>Not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the head of each relevant
Federal agency and the Inspector General of the Administration shall issue a
Government-wide policy on prosecution of small business size and status
fraud.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="id6825e93d-34e6-4869-bd71-46f1b6ff2b68"><enum>404.</enum><header>Updated size
standards</header>
<subsection id="idEB665F8D1DC64FAE99BB601441DDB5F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idc35b5963-d1c2-4978-9d5e-82486ecedc07"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">once every 5 years, conduct a detailed
review of the size standards for small business concerns established under
section 3(a)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="iddd2292d8-c985-4218-a51f-dddc828ded3e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>after each review under
paragraph (1) make appropriate adjustments to size standards under that section
to reflect market conditions; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="iddcb89d50-d7aa-4ec7-9afa-6c8e680814e4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>make publically available
information regarding—</text>
<subparagraph id="idf585b4c2-087c-45a6-941a-e916560be0b1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the factors evaluated as
part of each review conducted under paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5a51e21-b16f-4aed-afc9-16d5da6fee3a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the criteria used for any
revised size standards promulgated under paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id327F71552EDA4F2D864B46DC82C7BE71"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rules</header><text>Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall promulgate rules for conducting the reviews required under subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id896d3287-9683-478d-8dae-5106f53469b4"><enum>405.</enum><header>Study and report on
the mentor-protege program</header>
<subsection id="ide90494e5-0c05-4522-ab1f-327174043033"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct a study of the mentor-protege program of the Administration for small
business concerns participating in programs under section 8(a) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)), and other relationships and strategic
alliances pairing a larger business and a small business concern partner to
gain access to Federal Government contracts, to determine whether the programs
and relationships are effectively supporting the goal of increasing the
participation of small business concerns in Government contracting.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id1aa52e28-245e-40b3-8921-5357c151b659"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Matters To Be
studied</header><text>The study conducted under this section shall
include—</text>
<paragraph id="idd2797898-6f19-4751-b5da-7f563d8d2cb8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a review of a broad
cross-section of industries; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4f11de05-d52f-44dc-9a2f-08dde454a6b7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an evaluation of—</text>
<subparagraph id="idae78e413-2c02-4a52-aa93-168c86a9824e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>how each Federal agency
carrying out a program described in subsection (a) administers and monitors the
program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcb034e2d-629f-4075-9815-b3ecafaf7a1e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether there are systems
in place to ensure that the mentor-protege relationship, or similar
affiliation, promotes real gain to the protege, and is not just a mechanism to
enable participants that would not otherwise qualify under section 8(a) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) to receive contracts under that section;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb18f2690-0425-4276-a065-b2f1b7c26a8f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the degree to which
protege businesses become able to compete for Federal contracts without the
assistance of a mentor.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9831748f-f049-48e4-b446-4d34727a4ea1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Small
Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business
of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study conducted
under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idEE6DA2535E0243CC97EB95A4066BCC71"><enum>406.</enum><header>Policy on support of
competitive enterprise system</header>
<subsection id="id5AC7D9E52628495D87F842846AA8F90D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Finding</header><text>Congress
finds that the competitive enterprise system, including small business
concerns, is—</text>
<paragraph id="id241B8CFAD8A24510A53613A28DF66941"><enum>(1)</enum><text>characterized by
individual freedom and initiative; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC75C9DAE12334530A5E590DEEB542871"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the primary source of
economic strength of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD2FF58D6D5844B05BCA711FDC48F4767"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>Section
2 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSSB00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12816E314024482D80C6B69D517FDF52" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idBDF48E77D0ED45D0BC2A107204D6AAD3"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Policy on support of
competitive enterprise system</header><text>It is the declared policy of
Congress that the Federal Government—</text>
<paragraph id="idE9F07BAE57E141F5BCA234EB173EAA94"><enum>(1)</enum><text>should support the
competitive enterprise system of the United States, including small business
concerns;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCEA023CCF3F4401AA15A8A13B26B10A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>should not compete with
the citizens of the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idEC7EBF1793204BE8865545E18A42A9AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>should rely on commercial
sources to supply the products and services required by the Federal Government;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD64D840212E84560A748F1CA22151CD6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>should avoid starting or
carrying out any activity that provides a product or service that can be
procured more effectively and efficiently from a nongovernmental
source.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="id0C4AEA8688544778A70B25B4454A4ECF"><enum>407.</enum><header>Contracting goals
reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15(h)(2) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(h)(2)) is amended by striking
<quote>submit them</quote> and all that follows through <quote>the
following:</quote> and inserting <quote>submit to the President and the
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the
Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives the compilation and
analysis, which shall include the following:</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id92AC583A2FE945798CCC3CB290CF9594"><enum>408.</enum><header>Surety
bonds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(f) of
division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (15 U.S.C.
694a note) is repealed.</text>
</section>
September 29, 2010
Reported with an amendment