[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3429 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3429

To require the Comptroller General of the United States to carry out a 
 study on procurement under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
                                of 2009.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 26, 2010

   Mr. Casey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to carry out a 
 study on procurement under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
                                of 2009.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STUDY BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.

    (a) Definitions.--In this Act--
            (1) the terms ``HUBZone small business concern'', ``small 
        business concern'', ``small business concern owned and 
        controlled by service-disabled veterans'', and ``small business 
        concern owned and controlled by women'' have the meaning given 
        those terms under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 
        U.S.C. 632);
            (2) the term ``minority business enterprise'' means a small 
        business concern that is unconditionally owned, controlled, and 
        managed by an individual who is--
                    (A) a Black American;
                    (B) a Hispanic American;
                    (C) a Native American, including an American 
                Indian, Eskimo, Aleut, or Native Hawaiian;
                    (D) an Asian Pacific American, including an 
                individual having origins in any of the original 
                peoples of Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, 
                Singapore, Brunei, Japan, China (including Hong Kong), 
                Taiwan, Laos, Cambodia (Kampuchea), Vietnam, North 
                Korea, South Korea, the Philippines, a United States 
                Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (including the 
                Republic of Palau), the Republic of the Marshall 
                Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the 
                Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, 
                Samoa, Macao, Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu, or Nauru;
                    (E) a Subcontinent Asian American, including an 
                individual having origins in any of the original 
                peoples of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, 
                Bhutan, the Maldives Islands, or Nepal; or
                    (F) a member of another minority group, as 
                determined by the Administrator of the Small Business 
                Administration;
            (3) the term ``qualified HUBZone small business concern'' 
        means a HUBZone small business concern that is qualified under 
        section 3(p)(5) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        632(p)(5)); and
            (4) the term ``small business concern owned and controlled 
        by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals'' has 
        the meaning given that term in section 8(d)(3)(C) of the Small 
        Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)(C)).
    (b) Study Required.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall carry out a study on the participation of small business concerns 
owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged 
individuals, minority business enterprises, and small business concerns 
owned and controlled by women in procurement contracts awarded using 
funds made available under division A of the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5; 123 Stat. 116), which shall 
include--
            (1) determining the percentage of all contracts awarded by 
        Federal agencies and departments using funds made available 
        under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
        (Public Law 111-5) that were awarded to--
                    (A) small business concerns owned and controlled by 
                socially and economically disadvantaged individuals;
                    (B) minority business enterprises; and
                    (C) small business concerns owned and controlled by 
                women; and
            (2) evaluating whether Federal agencies and departments 
        have met the Government-wide goals established under section 
        15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)) for 
        procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns, small 
        business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled 
        veterans, qualified HUBZone small business concerns, small 
        business concerns owned and controlled by socially and 
        economically disadvantaged individuals, and small business 
        concerns owned and controlled by women, with respect to 
        procurement contracts awarded using funds made available under 
        division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
        2009 (Public Law 111-5; 123 Stat. 116).
    (c) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on 
the results of the study required under subsection (b).
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