[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 126 (Thursday, July 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5432]
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  SA 3633. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  The Administrator of the Small Business 
     Administration shall--
       (1) work with Federal agencies to review each Office of 
     Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization's efforts to 
     comply with the requirements under section 15(k) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)); and
       (2) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, submit to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Small Business and the Committee 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives--
       (A) a report on Federal agency compliance with the 
     requirements under such section 15(k); and
       (B) a report detailing the status of issuance by the Small 
     Business Administration of detailed guidance for the peer 
     review process of the Small Business Procurement Advisory 
     Council in order to facilitate a more in depth review of 
     Federal agency compliance with the requirements under such 
     section 15(k).
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