II 111th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3190 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 26 (legislative day, March 25), 2010 Ms. Landrieu (for herself and Mr. Durbin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship A BILL To reaffirm that the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 1997 does not limit a contracting officer's discretion regarding whether to make a contract available for award pursuant to any of the restricted competition programs authorized by the Small Business Act.

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This Act may be cited as the Small Business Programs Parity Act of 2010.

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Small business contracting programs parity

Section 31(b)(2)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking shall and inserting may.