S.Amdt. 1874

SA 1874. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 E of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. __. INCREASE IN TOTAL SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT VALUES.

(a) Qualified Hubzone Small Business Concerns.--Section
31(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
657a(c)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended--
(1) in subclause (I), by striking ``$5,000,000'' and
inserting ``$10,000,000''; and
(2) in subclause (II), by striking ``$3,000,000'' and
inserting ``$8,000,000''.
(b) Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by
Service-disabled Veterans.--Section 36(a)(2) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f(a)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``$5,000,000'' and
inserting ``$10,000,000''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$3,000,000'' and
inserting ``$8,000,000''.
(c) Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals.--Section
8(a)(1)(D)(i)(II) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
637(a)(1)(D)(i)(II)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``$5,000,000'' and inserting
``$10,000,000''; and
(2) by striking ``$3,000,000'' and inserting
``$8,000,000''.
(d) Certain Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by
Women.--Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
637(m)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (7)(B)--
(A) in clause (i), by striking ``$6,500,000'' and inserting
``$10,000,000''; and
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ``$4,000,000'' and
inserting ``$8,000,000''; and
(2) in paragraph (8)(B)--
(A) in clause (i), by striking ``$6,500,000'' and inserting
``$10,000,000''; and
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ``$4,000,000'' and
inserting ``$8,000,000''.

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