[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3408]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1913. Mr. WARNER 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. 873. STUDY AND REPORT ON CONTRACTS AWARDED TO MINORITY-
                   OWNED AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES.

       (a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall carry out a study on the number and types of contracts 
     for the procurement of goods or services for the Department 
     of Defense awarded to minority-owned and women-owned 
     businesses during fiscal years 2017 through 2020. In 
     conducting the study, the Comptroller General shall identify 
     minority-owned businesses according to the categories 
     identified in the Federal Procurement Data System (described 
     in section 1122(a)(4)(A) of title 41, United States Code). 
     The study shall include an assessment of the success of 
     government programs aimed at increasing defense contracting 
     among minority-owned and women-owned small businesses.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
     results of the study under subsection (a).
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