[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2803]
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  SA 702. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 D of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. ___. STRIKING THE RULE OF TWO.

       (a) Women-owned Small Business Concerns.--Section 8(m) of 
     the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (7)(A), by striking ``and the contracting 
     officer'' and all that follows through ``offers''; and
       (2) in paragraph (8)(A), by striking ``and the contracting 
     officer'' and all that follows through ``offers''.
       (b) Small Business Concerns Generally.--Section 15(j)(1) of 
     the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(j)(1)) is amended by 
     striking ``unless the contracting officer'' and all that 
     follows through ``purchased''.
       (c) HUBZone Program.--Section 31(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a(c)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by 
     striking ``, and the contracting officer'' and all that 
     follows through ``offers for the contracting opportunity''.
       (d) Small Business Concern Owned and Controlled by Service-
     disabled Veterans.--Section 36(c)(1) of the Small Business 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 657f(c)(1)) is amended by striking ``and the 
     contracting officer'' and all that follows through ``offers 
     for the contracting opportunity''.
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