[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4242. Mr. PETERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 899C. NOTIFICATION TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS REGARDING 
                   PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTERS.

       Section 2418 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d)(1) The Secretary of Defense, in partnership with 
     eligible entities and the Administrator of General Services, 
     shall notify small business concerns that have successfully 
     registered in the System for Award Management referenced in 
     subpart 4.11 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation that once 
     their registration is complete free procurement technical 
     assistance is available pursuant to procurement technical 
     assistance cooperative agreements.
       ``(2) In this subsection, the term `small business concern' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 3(a) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)).''.
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