S.Amdt. 4179

SA 4179. Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Vitter, and Mrs. Shaheen)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S.
2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 insert the following:

SEC. 899C. INCLUSION OF WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTERS AS APPROVED
VENDORS UNDER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MENTOR-
PROTEGE PROGRAM.

Section 831(f)(6) of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2302
note) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; or'' and inserting
a semicolon;
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; or''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(D) women's business centers described in section 29 of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656).''.
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