[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2582 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2582

 To establish a pilot program to assist in expanding and diversifying 
 the business of small business concerns that rely on amounts awarded 
                for Federal contracts and subcontracts.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 10, 2014

 Mr. Udall of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was read 
       twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and 
                            Entrepreneurship

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish a pilot program to assist in expanding and diversifying 
 the business of small business concerns that rely on amounts awarded 
                for Federal contracts and subcontracts.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Diversification and 
Progress in Trade Act of 2014'' or the ``ADAPT Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the terms ``Administration'' and ``Administrator'' mean 
        the Small Business Administration and the Administrator 
        thereof, respectively;
            (2) the term ``covered small business concern'' means a 
        small business concern for which the majority of the business 
        of the small business concern consists of amounts awarded under 
        Federal contracts and subcontracts;
            (3) the term ``pilot program'' means the pilot program 
        established under section 3(a);
            (4) the terms ``small business concern'', ``small business 
        concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans'', 
        ``small business concern owned and controlled by women'', and 
        ``small business development center'' have the meanings given 
        those terms under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 
        U.S.C. 632);
            (5) the term ``socially and economically disadvantaged 
        small business concern'' has the meaning given that term under 
        section 8(a)(4)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        637(a)(4)(A)); and
            (6) the term ``women's business center'' means a women's 
        business center described in section 29 of the Small Business 
        Act (15 U.S.C. 656).

SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish a pilot 
program to assist in expanding and diversifying the business of covered 
small business concerns, particularly in geographic areas, including 
rural areas, where amounts awarded for Federal contracts and 
subcontracts are a significant driver of the economy in that area.
    (b) Requirements.--In carrying out the pilot program, the 
Administrator shall--
            (1) create services and materials that provide best 
        practices, strategies, and other information on expanding and 
        diversifying the customer base of a covered small business 
        concern;
            (2) make available on a regular basis and throughout the 
        United States the services provided under the American Supplier 
        Initiative of the Administration, including at small business 
        development centers and women's business centers; and
            (3) create a website for businesses that contract with the 
        Federal Government, including covered small business concerns 
        and medium-sized businesses, to easily access information on 
        expanding and diversifying the customer base of the business.
    (c) Termination.--The pilot program shall terminate on the date 
that is 2 years after the date on which the pilot program is 
established.
    (d) Reports.--
            (1) Status of pilot program.--Not later than 18 months 
        after the date on which the Administrator establishes the pilot 
        program, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on 
        the status of the pilot program.
            (2) Administration efforts.--Not later than 1 year after 
        the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
        submit to Congress a report on how the Administration is 
        addressing the need for covered small business concerns to 
        expand and diversify business during periods of decline in 
        amounts appropriated for Federal contracting, including an 
        analysis of how such declines would impact growth among covered 
        small business concerns, particularly covered small business 
        concerns that are small business concerns owned and controlled 
        by service-disabled veterans, small business concerns owned and 
        controlled by women, and socially and economically 
        disadvantaged small business concerns.
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