S.Amdt. 3021
What it does: Adds SEC. 1084. GRANTS FOR TRAINING OF VETERANS WHO OWN SMALL BUSINESSES ON APPLYING FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTS at the end of subtitle H of title X
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD)What it changes
1 change to S. 3254 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1084. GRANTS FOR TRAINING OF VETERANS WHO OWN SMALL BUSINESSES ON APPLYING FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTS at the end of subtitle H of title X
Adds a sectionIn S. 3254 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(2) to strongly urge the Department of Defense to investigate innovative mechanisms (subject to all appropriate security requirements) to access to the pool of talent of non- United States citizens with advanced scientific and technical degrees from United States institutions of higher education, especially in those scientific and technical areas that are most vital to the national defense (such as those identified by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Armed Forces).
Inserted: SEC. 1084. GRANTS FOR TRAINING OF VETERANS WHO OWN SMALL BUSINESSES ON APPLYING FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTS.
Inserted: (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may award a grant to a nonprofit organization to assist such organization in providing training to a veteran who is an owner of a small business concern on how to apply for and win a contract with the Federal Government.
Inserted: (b) Maximum Amounts.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--The total amount of grants awarded under subsection (a) may not exceed $1,000,000.
Inserted: (2) Individual grant amounts.--A grant awarded under subsection (a) may not exceed $200,000.
Inserted: (c) Matching Funds.--The Secretary may award a grant under subsection (a) to a nonprofit organization to conduct training only if the organization agrees to make contributions toward the cost of conducting such training, from non-Federal sources, in an amount equal to not less than the amount of the grant.
Inserted: (d) Small Business Concern Defined.--In this section, the term "small business concern" has the meaning given such term under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
Original wording
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:
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As printed
SA 3021. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1084. GRANTS FOR TRAINING OF VETERANS WHO OWN SMALL BUSINESSES ON APPLYING FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may award a grant to a nonprofit organization to assist such organization in providing training to a veteran who is an owner of a small business concern on how to apply for and win a contract with the Federal Government.
(b) Maximum Amounts.--
(1) In general.--The total amount of grants awarded under subsection (a) may not exceed $1,000,000.
(2) Individual grant amounts.--A grant awarded under subsection (a) may not exceed $200,000.
(c) Matching Funds.--The Secretary may award a grant under subsection (a) to a nonprofit organization to conduct training only if the organization agrees to make contributions toward the cost of conducting such training, from non-Federal sources, in an amount equal to not less than the amount of the grant.
(d) Small Business Concern Defined.--In this section, the term “small business concern” has the meaning given such term under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
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Senate amendment submitted
November 28, 2012