S.Amdt. 224

SA 224. Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Cardin, and Mr.
Wicker) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA
98 proposed by Mr. Inouye (for himself and Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R.
1, making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and
creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science,
assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization,
for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 105, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:

SEC. 505. SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT.

(a) Existing Law.--Part 19 of the Federal Acquisition
Regulation, section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
644), and any other applicable procurement laws and
regulations may not be waived with respect to contracts
awarded with funds made available under this Act.
(b) Contracts for Small Business Concerns.--To the maximum
extent practicable, Federal agencies and State and local
governments that receive funds under this Act shall award
prime contracts to small business concerns.

SEC. 506. REPORT ON SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING.

(a) In General.--The Administrator shall submit to the
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the
Senate, the Committee on Small Business of the House of
Representatives, and the President, a report on the prime
contracts and subcontracts made with funds appropriated to
any Federal agency under this Act and awarded to small
business concerns.
(b) Contents.--The report under subsection (a) shall
include--
(1) the number of prime contracts and subcontracts awarded
to small business concerns by such Federal agency; and
(2) the percentage of the total number of prime contracts
and subcontracts awarded by such Federal agency that are
awarded to small business concerns.
(c) Timing.--The report under subsection (a) shall be
submitted not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, and once every 180 days thereafter during the 3
years following the date of enactment of this Act.
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