II 111th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3444 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 27 (legislative day, May 26), 2010 Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mr. Cardin, and Ms. Landrieu) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship A BILL To require small business training for contracting officers.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Small Business Training in Federal Contracting Certification Act of 2010.

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Small business training

Section 37(f)(3) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 433(f)) is amended— (1)by striking For each career path, and inserting the following: (A)

In general

For each career path, ; and (2)by adding at the end the following: (B)

Certification program

(i)

In general

The Administrator shall establish a certification program for acquisition personnel. The certification program shall be carried out through the Federal Acquisition Institute. (ii)

Small business training

The certification program under this subparagraph shall include training regarding— (I)small business government contracting set-aside programs, including— (aa)programs for HUBZone small business concerns, small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and small business concerns owned and controlled by women (as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)); (bb)programs for socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns (as defined in section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a))); and (cc)contracting under the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program (as those terms are defined in section 9(e) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(e))); (II)determining small business size standards and using North American Industry Classification System codes in relation to contracting set-aside programs and subcontracting goals; and (III)any other issue relating to contracting with small business concerns (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) determined appropriate by the Administrator. .