S.Amdt. 2294
What it does: Adds SEC. 1082. REPORTING ON GOALS FOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS AWARDED TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS at the end of subtitle H of title XWhat it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1082. REPORTING ON GOALS FOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS AWARDED TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS at the end of subtitle H of title X
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(e) Date for Submittal of Comptroller General of the United States Report.--Subsection (d) of such section is amended by striking "December 30, 2013" and inserting "December 31, 2014".
Inserted: SEC. 1082. REPORTING ON GOALS FOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS AWARDED TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.
Inserted: Section 15(h)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(h)(1)) is amended--
Inserted: (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking "describing" and inserting "including";
Inserted: (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking "and"; and
Inserted: (3) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:
Inserted: "(C) if the agency failed to achieve the goals established for the agency under subsection (g)(2) for such fiscal year--
Inserted: "(i) any justifications for the failure to achieve such goals; and
Inserted: "(ii) a remediation plan, which shall--
Inserted: "(I) be based on an analysis of factors that led to the failure to achieve such goals; and
Inserted: "(II) include proposed new practices to better achieve such goals;
Inserted: "(D) methods of enforcement, including any penalties imposed, with respect to prime contractors that did not meet the subcontracting goals established for the agency under subsection (g)(2) for such fiscal year;
Inserted: "(E) methods to incentivize prime contractors to achieve the subcontracting goals established for the agency under subsection (g)(2); and
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Inserted: "(F) a certification by the agency regarding whether prime contractors took all feasible steps to implement the subcontracting plans required under section 8(d) for such fiscal year.".
Original wording
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:
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As printed
SA 2294. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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 H of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1082. REPORTING ON GOALS FOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS AWARDED TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.
Section 15(h)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(h)(1)) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “describing” and inserting “including”;
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking “and”; and
(3) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:
“(C) if the agency failed to achieve the goals established for the agency under subsection (g)(2) for such fiscal year--
“(i) any justifications for the failure to achieve such goals; and
“(ii) a remediation plan, which shall--
“(I) be based on an analysis of factors that led to the failure to achieve such goals; and
“(II) include proposed new practices to better achieve such goals;
“(D) methods of enforcement, including any penalties imposed, with respect to prime contractors that did not meet the subcontracting goals established for the agency under subsection (g)(2) for such fiscal year;
“(E) methods to incentivize prime contractors to achieve the subcontracting goals established for the agency under subsection (g)(2); and
“(F) a certification by the agency regarding whether prime contractors took all feasible steps to implement the subcontracting plans required under section 8(d) for such fiscal year.”.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 19, 2013