[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4772-S4773]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2456. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Cardin) 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 D of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 865. 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 $10,000,000, in the case of a 
     Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for inflation by 
     the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under section 
     1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after 
     ``$7,000,000''; and
       (2) by inserting ``(or $8,000,000, in the case of a 
     Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for inflation by 
     the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under section 
     1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' 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 $10,000,000, in the 
     case of a Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for 
     inflation by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under 
     section 1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after 
     ``$7,000,000''; and
       (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``(or $8,000,000, in the 
     case of a Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for 
     inflation by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under 
     section 1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after 
     ``$4,000,000''; and
       (2) in paragraph (8)(B)--
       (A) in clause (i), by inserting ``(or $10,000,000, in the 
     case of a Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for 
     inflation by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under 
     section 1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after 
     ``$7,000,000''; and
       (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``(or $8,000,000, in the 
     case of a Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for 
     inflation by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under 
     section 1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after 
     ``$4,000,000''.
       (c) Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concerns.--Section 
     31(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the

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     Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a(c)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended--
       (1) in subclause (I), by inserting ``(or $10,000,000, in 
     the case of a Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for 
     inflation by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under 
     section 1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after 
     ``$7,000,000''; and
       (2) in subclause (II), by inserting ``(or $8,000,000, in 
     the case of a Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for 
     inflation by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under 
     section 1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' 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 $10,000,000, in 
     the case of a Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for 
     inflation by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under 
     section 1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after 
     ``$7,000,000''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``(or $8,000,000, in 
     the case of a Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for 
     inflation by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under 
     section 1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after 
     ``$3,000,000''.
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