II 111th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3429 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 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.

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).