[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 118 (Monday, July 18, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E747]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





        NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023

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                               speech of

                  HON. HENRY C. ``HANK'' JOHNSON, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 13, 2022

  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Madam Speaker, The DBE Gross Receipts 
amendment removes the transportation-specific average annual gross 
receipts limit in favor of the Small Business Administration's 
governmentwide small business size standards under the North American 
Industry Classification System. The Small Business Administration's 
governmentwide small business size standards are a more accurate and 
consistent measure of small business size, and better achieve the 
objectives of the disadvantaged business enterprise program. This 
change also conforms the size standards applicable to disadvantaged 
business enterprises that compete for business in federally assisted 
surface transportation markets across the United States to those 
currently applicable to disadvantaged business enterprises that compete 
for Federal Aviation Administration-assisted work, which have been 
subject only to the Small Business Administration's governmentwide size 
standards since a similar change was enacted in the Federal Aviation 
Administration Authorization Act of 2018.

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