[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 1871. 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 EXEMPTION FROM BUSINESS ACTIVITY TARGETS 
                   FOR 8(A) PARTICIPANTS.

       During the period beginning on the date of enactment of 
     this Act and ending on September 30, 2023, the Administrator 
     of the Small Business Administration may waive the 
     requirements under section 8(a)(7)(A) of the Small Business 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(7)(A)) for small business concerns (as 
     defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     632)) participating in the program under such section 8(a) to 
     attain targeted dollar levels of revenue outside of the 
     program.
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