To permit qualified HUBZone small business concerns and small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans to participate in the mentor-protege program of the Department of Defense.

1. Adds SEC. __. MENTOR-PROTEGE PILOT PROGRAM at the end of subtitle G of title X

   Adds a section

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   "(5) Not later than the 15th day of the month following the beginning of the fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2005), the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to each Federal department, establishment, or agency receiving sanitary sewer services from the District of Columbia shall submit a report to the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate analyzing the promptness of payment with respect to the services furnished to such department, establishment, or agency.".

   Inserted: SEC. __. MENTOR-PROTEGE PILOT PROGRAM.

   Inserted: Section 831(m)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking "or" at the end;

   Inserted: (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and

   Inserted: (3) by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(F) a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans (as defined in section 8(d)(3) of the Small Business Act); and

   Inserted: "(G) a qualified HUBZone small business concern (as defined in section 3(p) of the Small Business Act).".

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

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