[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4669-S4670]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2336. 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 D of title VIII, add the following:

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     SEC. 865. TRAINING ON INCREASING CONTRACT AWARDS TO 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) Training on Increasing Contract Awards to Small 
     Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by Service-Disabled 
     Veterans.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Administrator, in consultation with 
     the Office of Veterans Business Development, shall provide to 
     covered employees at each Federal agency that has not met the 
     goal established under section 15(g)(1)(A)(ii) training on 
     how to increase the number of contracts awarded to small 
     business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled 
     veterans.
       ``(2) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this subsection, the Administrator, in 
     consultation with the Office of Veterans Business 
     Development, shall issue guidance and best practices on 
     increasing the number of contracts awarded to small 
     businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans 
     for Federal agencies to which the goal established under 
     section 15(g)(1)(A)(ii) applies.
       ``(3) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the 
     Administration shall submit to Congress a report detailing, 
     for the fiscal year covered by the report--
       ``(A) a list of each Federal agency that failed to meet the 
     goal established under section 15(g)(1)(A)(ii);
       ``(B) the number of trainings provided to each Federal 
     agency described in paragraph (1); and
       ``(C) an overview of the content included in the training 
     sessions described in subparagraph (B).''.
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