[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3718]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2769. Mr. DURBIN (for Ms. Duckworth) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 
(for himself and Mr. McCain) to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 I of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 896. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SMALL BUSINESS STRATEGY.

       (a) Strategy Required.--
       (1) In general.--Chapter 136 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``Sec. 2282. Department of defense small business strategy

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall implement 
     a small business strategy for the Department of Defense that 
     meets the requirements of this section.
       ``(b) Unified Management Structure.--As part of the small 
     business strategy described in subsection (a), the Secretary 
     shall ensure that there is a unified management structure 
     within the Department for the functions of the Department 
     relating to--
       ``(1) programs and activities related to small business 
     concerns (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 632));
       ``(2) manufacturing and industrial base policy; and
       ``(3) any procurement technical assistance program 
     established under chapter 142 of this title.
       ``(c) Purpose of Small Business Programs.--The Secretary 
     shall ensure that programs and activities of the Department 
     of Defense related to small business concerns are carried out 
     so as to further national defense programs and priorities and 
     the statements of purpose for Department of Defense 
     acquisition set forth in section 801 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 
     131 Stat. 1449).
       ``(d) Points of Entry Into Defense Market.--The Secretary 
     shall ensure--
       ``(1) that opportunities for small business concerns to 
     contract with the Department of Defense are identified 
     clearly; and
       ``(2) that small business concerns are able to have access 
     to program managers, contracting officers, and other persons 
     using the products or services of such concern to the extent 
     necessary to inform such persons of emerging and existing 
     capabilities of such concerns.
       ``(e) Enhanced Outreach Under Procurement Technical 
     Assistance Program Market.--The Secretary shall enable and 
     promote activities to provide coordinated outreach to small 
     business concerns through any procurement technical 
     assistance program established under chapter 142 of this 
     title to facilitate small business contracting with the 
     Department of Defense.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new item:

``2282. Department of Defense small business strategy.''.

       (b) Implementation.--
       (1) Deadline.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop the 
     small business strategy required by section 2282 of title 10, 
     United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later 
     than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (2) Notice to congress and publication.--Upon completion of 
     the development of the small business strategy pursuant to 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
       (A) transmit the strategy to Congress; and
       (B) publish the strategy on a public website of the 
     Department of Defense.
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