S.Amdt. 511

SA 511. Ms. SNOWE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 1268, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, to establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border fence, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 231, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:

small business participation in subcontracting

Sec. 6047. (a) Section 8(d)(6) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(6)) is amended--

(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking “and” at the end;

(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

“(G) certification that the offeror or bidder will acquire articles, equipment, supplies, services, or materials, or obtain the performance of construction work from small business concerns in the amount and quality used in preparing the bid or proposal, unless such small business concerns are no longer in business or can no longer meet the quality, quantity, or delivery date.”.

(b) Section 16(f) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 645(f)) is amended by inserting “or the reporting requirements of section 8(d)(6)(G)” after “section 7(j)(10)(I)”.