S.Amdt. 1913

SA 1913. Mr. WARNER 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. 873. STUDY AND REPORT ON CONTRACTS AWARDED TO MINORITY-
OWNED AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES.

(a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States
shall carry out a study on the number and types of contracts
for the procurement of goods or services for the Department
of Defense awarded to minority-owned and women-owned
businesses during fiscal years 2017 through 2020. In
conducting the study, the Comptroller General shall identify
minority-owned businesses according to the categories
identified in the Federal Procurement Data System (described
in section 1122(a)(4)(A) of title 41, United States Code).
The study shall include an assessment of the success of
government programs aimed at increasing defense contracting
among minority-owned and women-owned small businesses.
(b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report on the
results of the study under subsection (a).
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