[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4577-S4578]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2250. Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him 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. 1095. SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING TRANSPARENCY.

       (a) Report on Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled 
     by Women.--
       (1) In general.--Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 637(m)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(9) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of the Small Business Contracting Transparency Act 
     of 2024, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall 
     submit to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small 
     Business of the House of Representatives a report on small 
     business concerns owned and controlled by women, which shall 
     include, for the fiscal year preceding the date of the 
     report, the following:
       ``(A) The number of applications for certification as a 
     small business concern owned and controlled by women that 
     have sufficient information for the Administrator to make a 
     certification determination, disaggregated by--
       ``(i) the number of applications certified;
       ``(ii) the number of applications denied; and
       ``(iii) the number of applications for which a 
     determination has not been made.
       ``(B) The number of concerns certified as small business 
     concerns owned and controlled by women by a national 
     certifying entity approved by the Administrator.
       ``(C) The amount of fees, if any, charged by each national 
     certifying entity for the certification described in 
     subparagraph (B).
       ``(D) The total dollar amount and total percentage of prime 
     contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and 
     controlled by women pursuant to paragraph (2) or pursuant to 
     a waiver granted under paragraph (3).
       ``(E) The total dollar amount and total percentage of prime 
     contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and 
     controlled by women pursuant to paragraph (7) or (8).
       ``(F) With respect to a contract incorrectly awarded 
     pursuant to this subsection because it was awarded based on 
     an industry in which small business concerns owned and 
     controlled by women are not underrepresented--
       ``(i) the number of such contracts;
       ``(ii) the Federal agencies that issued such contracts; and
       ``(iii) any steps taken by the Administrator to train the 
     personnel of each Federal agency described in clause (ii) on 
     the use of the authority provided under this subsection.
       ``(G) With respect to an examination described in paragraph 
     (5)(B)--
       ``(i) the number of examinations due because of 
     recertification requirements and the actual number of 
     examinations conducted; and
       ``(ii) the number of examinations conducted for any other 
     reason.
       ``(H) The number of small business concerns owned and 
     controlled by women that were found to be ineligible to be 
     awarded a contract under this subsection as a result of an 
     examination conducted pursuant to paragraph (5)(B) or failure 
     to request an examination pursuant to section 127.400 of 
     title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
     regulation.
       ``(I) The number of small business concerns owned and 
     controlled by women that were decertified.
       ``(J) The total number of small business concerns owned and 
     controlled by women.
       ``(K) Any other information the Administrator determines 
     necessary.''.
       (2) Technical amendment.--Section 8(m)(2)(C) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)(2)(C)) is amended by striking

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     ``paragraph (3)'' and inserting ``paragraph (4)''.
       (b) Report on Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled 
     by Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concerns.--Section 31 of 
     the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
       ``(f) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of the Small Business Contracting Transparency Act 
     of 2024, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall 
     submit to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small 
     Business of the House of Representatives a report on HUBZone 
     small business concerns, which shall include, for the fiscal 
     year preceding the date of the report, the following:
       ``(1) The number of applications for certification as a 
     qualified HUBZone small business concern that have sufficient 
     information for the Administrator to make a certification 
     determination, disaggregated by--
       ``(A) the number of applications certified;
       ``(B) the number of applications denied; and
       ``(C) the number of applications for which a determination 
     has not been made.
       ``(2) The total dollar amount and total percentage of prime 
     contracts awarded to qualified HUBZone small business 
     concerns pursuant to this section.
       ``(3) The total dollar amount and percent of sole source 
     contracts awarded to qualified HUBZone small business 
     concerns under subsection (c)(2)(A).
       ``(4) With respect to an examination described in 
     subsection (d)(5)--
       ``(A) the number of examinations due because of 
     recertification requirements and the actual number of 
     examinations conducted; and
       ``(B) the number of examinations conducted for any other 
     reason.
       ``(5) The number of HUBZone small business concerns that 
     were found to be ineligible to be awarded a contract under 
     this subsection as a result of an examination conducted 
     pursuant to subsection (d)(5) or a verification conducted 
     pursuant to subsection (d)(2).
       ``(6) The number of small business concerns that were 
     decertified as qualified HUBZone small business concerns.
       ``(7) The number of qualified HUBZone small business 
     concerns.
       ``(8) Any other information the Administrator determines 
     necessary.''.
       (c) Report on Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled 
     by Service-disabled Veterans.--Section 36 of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(j) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of the Small Business Contracting Transparency Act 
     of 2024, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall 
     submit to the Committee on Small Business and 
     Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small 
     Business of the House of Representatives a report on small 
     business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled 
     veterans, which shall include, for the fiscal year preceding 
     the date of the report, the following:
       ``(1) The total number of small business concerns certified 
     as small business concerns owned and controlled by service-
     disabled veterans.
       ``(2) The total dollar amount and total percentage of prime 
     contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and 
     controlled by service-disabled veterans pursuant to this 
     section.
       ``(3) The total dollar amount and percent of sole source 
     contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and 
     controlled by service-disabled veterans pursuant to 
     subsection (c).
       ``(4) With respect to an examination described in 
     subsection (h)(2)--
       ``(A) the number of examinations due because of 
     recertification requirements and the actual number of such 
     examinations conducted; and
       ``(B) the number of examinations conducted for any other 
     reason.
       ``(5) The number of small business concerns owned and 
     controlled by service-disabled veterans that were found to be 
     ineligible to be awarded a contract under this subsection as 
     a result of an examination conducted pursuant to subsection 
     (h)(2).
       ``(6) The number of small business concerns decertified as 
     small business concerns owned and controlled by service-
     disabled veterans.
       ``(7) The total number of small business concerns owned and 
     controlled by service-disabled veterans.
       ``(8) Any other information the Administrator determines 
     necessary.''.
       (d) Compliance With CUTGO.--No additional amounts are 
     authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section or 
     the amendments made by this section.
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