S.Amdt. 2194

SA 2194. Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself and Mr. McCain) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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 D of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 864. SMALL BUSINESS GOALS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section--

(1) the term “small business concern” has the meaning given that term under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632); and

(2) the term “small business contracting goal” means a contracting or subcontracting goal for the utilization or participation of small business concerns or types of small business concerns established under section 8 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637).

(b) Limitation.--In determining whether the Department of Defense has met a small business contracting goal, the Department of Defense may not include a contract or subcontract awarded under the authority under the Small Business Act that is--

(1) awarded as a sole source contract; and

(2) in an amount that is more than the limit on sole source contracts under subpart 19.8 of part 19 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.