S.Amdt. 1056

SA 1056. Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Ms. Collins) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 454, to improve the organization and procedures of the Department of Defense for the acquisition of major weapon systems, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 69, after line 2, add the following:

SEC. 207. AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council established under section 25(a) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 421(a)) shall amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued pursuant to section 25 of such Act to clarify the relationship between certain programs of the Small Business Administration.

(b) Content of Amendments.--The amendments made pursuant to subsection (a) shall--

(1) reflect the interpretations of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration relating to the order of precedence that applies when determining whether to satisfy a requirement under the Federal Acquisition Regulation through an award of a contract to--

(A) a small business concern, as that term is used in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632);

(B) a HUBZone small business concern, within the meaning given that term under section 3(p)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(3));

(C) a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, as that term is defined in section 3(q)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)(2)); or

(D) a small business concern that participates in the program under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)); and

(2) include the amendments relating to socioeconomic program parity proposed by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council and published in the Federal Register on March 10, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 12699 et seq.).

(c) Technical Clarification.--Section 36(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f(b)) is amended by striking “may” and inserting “shall”.