S.Amdt. 4415

SA 4415. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5297, to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. SMALL BUSINESS TRAINING.

Section 37(f)(3) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 433(f)(3)) is amended--

(1) by striking “For each career path,” and inserting the following:

“(A) In general.--For each career path,”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(B) Certification program.--

“(i) In general.--The Administrator shall establish a certification program for acquisition personnel. The certification program shall be carried out through the Federal Acquisition Institute.

“(ii) Small business training.--The certification program under this subparagraph shall include training regarding--

“(I) small business government contracting set-aside programs, including--

“(aa) programs for HUBZone small business concerns, small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and small business concerns owned and controlled by women (as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632));

“(bb) programs for socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns (as defined in section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a))); and

“(cc) contracting under the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program (as those terms are defined in section 9(e) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(e)));

“(II) determining small business size standards and using North American Industry Classification System codes in relation to contracting set-aside programs and subcontracting goals; and

“(III) any other issue relating to contracting with small business concerns (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) determined appropriate by the Administrator.”.