[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3084]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 908. Mr. OSSOFF (for himself and Ms. Ernst) 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. ___. INCREASE IN GOVERNMENTWIDE GOAL FOR PARTICIPATION 
                   IN FEDERAL CONTRACTS BY SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS 
                   OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED 
                   VETERANS.

       Section 15(g)(1)(A)(ii) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 644(g)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ``3 percent'' 
     and inserting ``5 percent''.
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