[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 113 (Tuesday, July 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4298]
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  SA 2095. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 10__. SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT.

       Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (g)--
       (A) by inserting after ``(g)'' the following: ``Goals for 
     Participation of Small Business Concerns in Procurement 
     Contracts.--''; and
       (B) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking the second 
     sentence; and
       (ii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) Requirement to increase the number of small business 
     concerns.--In meeting each of the goals under subparagraph 
     (A), the Government shall--
       ``(i) increase the number of small business concerns 
     awarded contracts; and
       ``(ii) ensure the participation of a broad spectrum of 
     small business concerns from a wide variety of industries.''; 
     and
       (2) in subsection (y)--
       (A) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); 
     and
       (ii) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
       ``(E) The number of new small business entrants, including 
     new small business entrants that are small business concerns 
     owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, qualified 
     HUBZone small business concerns, small business concerns 
     owned and controlled by socially and economically 
     disadvantaged individuals, and small business concerns owned 
     and controlled by women awarded prime contracts in each North 
     American Industry Classification System code during the 
     fiscal year, and a comparison to the number awarded prime 
     contracts during the prior fiscal year, if available.'';
       (B) in paragraph (3)(B)--
       (i) by striking ``(E)'' and inserting ``(F)'';
       (ii) by striking ``award of'' and all that follows through 
     ``owned and controlled by women'' and inserting the 
     following: ``award of--
       ``(i) prime contracts to an increasing number of small 
     business concerns, small business concerns owned and 
     controlled by service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone 
     small business concerns, small business concerns owned and 
     controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged 
     individuals, and small business concerns owned and controlled 
     by women, from a wide variety of industries; and
       ``(ii) subcontracts to small business concerns, small 
     business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled 
     veterans, qualified HUBZone small business concerns, small 
     business concerns owned and controlled by socially and 
     economically disadvantaged individuals, and small business 
     concerns owned and controlled by women''; and
       (C) in paragraph (6)--
       (i) by striking the heading and inserting ``Definitions.--
     '';
       (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
     (i) and (ii), respectively; and
       (iii) by striking ``subsection, the'' and inserting: 
     ``subsection:
       ``(A) New small business entrant.--The term `new small 
     business entrant' means a small business concern that--
       ``(i) has been awarded a prime contract; and
       ``(ii) has not previously been awarded a prime contract.
       ``(B) Scorecard.--The''.
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