[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2803]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 703. 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. AMENDMENTS TO CONTRACTING AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN 
                   SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.

       (a) Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Small Business 
     Concerns.--Section 8(a)(1)(D)(i)(II) of the Small Business 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(1)(D)(i)(II)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(or $22,000,000, in the case of a 
     Department of Defense contract)'' after ``$7,000,000''; and
       (2) by inserting ``(or $15,000,000, in the case of a 
     Department of Defense contract)'' after ``$3,000,000''.
       (b) Certain Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by 
     Women.--Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C.637(m)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (7)(B)--
       (A) in clause (i), by inserting ``(or $22,000,000, in the 
     case of a Department of Defense contract)'' after 
     ``$7,000,000''; and
       (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``(or $15,000,000, in the 
     case of a Department of Defense contract)'' after 
     ``$4,000,000''; and
       (2) in paragraph (8)(B)--
       (A) in clause (i), by inserting ``(or $22,000,000, in the 
     case of a Department of Defense contract)'' after 
     ``$7,000,000''; and
       (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``(or $15,000,000, in the 
     case of a Department of Defense contract)'' after 
     ``$4,000,000''.
       (c) Qualified Hubzone Small Business Concerns.--Section 
     31(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     657a(c)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended--
       (1) in subclause (I), by inserting ``(or $22,000,000, in 
     the case of a Department of Defense contract)'' after 
     ``$7,000,000''; and
       (2) in subclause (II), by inserting ``(or $15,000,000, in 
     the case of a Department of Defense contract)'' after 
     ``$3,000,000''.
       (d) Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by 
     Service-disabled Veterans.--Section 36(c)(2) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f(c)(2)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``(or $22,000,000, in 
     the case of a Department of Defense contract)'' after 
     ``$7,000,000''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``(or $15,000,000, in 
     the case of a Department of Defense contract)'' after 
     ``$3,000,000''.
       (e) Certain Veteran-owned Concerns.--Section 8127(c)(2) of 
     title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     ``$5,000,000'' and inserting ``the dollar thresholds under 
     section 36(c)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     657f(c)(2))''.
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