S.Amdt. 1875

SA 1875. 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. __. TEMPORARY SOLE-SOURCE AWARD PARITY AMONG CONTRACTING
PROGRAMS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``contracting officer'' has the meaning given
the term in section 36(e) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 657f(e));
(2) the term ``economically disadvantaged women-owned small
business'' has the meaning given the term in section 127.102
of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor
regulation;
(3) the term ``HUBZone small business concern'' has the
meaning given the term in section 31(b) of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 657a(b));
(4) the term ``small business concern owned and controlled
by service-disabled veterans'' has the meaning given the term
in section 3(q) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q));
and
(5) the term ``small business concern owned and controlled
by women'' has the meaning given the term in section 8(m) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)).
(b) Requirement.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law or regulation, during the period beginning on the date of
enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2021, with
respect to a small business concern owned and controlled by
women, an economically disadvantaged women-owned small
business, a HUBZone small business concern, or a small
business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled
veterans, a contracting officer may award a sole source
contract to the business concern if the anticipated award
price of the contract will not exceed the maximum permissible
amount for the contract, as provided under the applicable
provision of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.).
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