[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3391]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1872. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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 E of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. __. TEMPORARY EXTENSION FOR 8(A) PARTICIPANTS.

       The Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
     shall allow a small business concern (as defined in section 3 
     of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) participating in 
     the program established under section 8(a) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) on the date of enactment of 
     this section to extend such participation by a period of 1 
     year.
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