S.Amdt. 3404

SA 3404. Ms. SNOWE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2400, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Services, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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(a) Process and Standards for Measuring Program Effectiveness.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a process and standards for measuring the effectiveness of the test program for negotiation of comprehensive small business subcontracting plans carried out under section 834 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-189; 15 U.S.C. 637 note). The Secretary shall consult with the Comptroller General in developing the standards.

(b) Notification of Compliance.--Not later than 300 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Comptroller General shall notify Congress regarding whether the deadline in subsection (a) was met.

(c) Review by the Small Business Administration.--Until the Secretary of Defense develops and implements the process for measuring the effectiveness of the test program required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall not approve a new subcontracting plan under the test program without review of, and consent to, such plan by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, acting through the appropriate area Office of Government Contracting of the Small Business Administration. The purpose of the review of a plan under this subsection shall be to determine compliance with section 8(d)(6) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(6)).

(d) Monitoring.--The Comptroller General shall monitor the administration of the test program and, not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of the program.

(e) Extension of Program.--