S.Amdt. 2095

SA 2095. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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. 10__. SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT.

Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (g)--
(A) by inserting after ``(g)'' the following: ``Goals for
Participation of Small Business Concerns in Procurement
Contracts.--''; and
(B) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking the second
sentence; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Requirement to increase the number of small business
concerns.--In meeting each of the goals under subparagraph
(A), the Government shall--
``(i) increase the number of small business concerns
awarded contracts; and
``(ii) ensure the participation of a broad spectrum of
small business concerns from a wide variety of industries.'';
and
(2) in subsection (y)--
(A) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F);
and
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
``(E) The number of new small business entrants, including
new small business entrants that are small business concerns
owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, qualified
HUBZone small business concerns, small business concerns
owned and controlled by socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals, and small business concerns owned
and controlled by women awarded prime contracts in each North
American Industry Classification System code during the
fiscal year, and a comparison to the number awarded prime
contracts during the prior fiscal year, if available.'';
(B) in paragraph (3)(B)--
(i) by striking ``(E)'' and inserting ``(F)'';
(ii) by striking ``award of'' and all that follows through
``owned and controlled by women'' and inserting the
following: ``award of--
``(i) prime contracts to an increasing number of small
business concerns, small business concerns owned and
controlled by service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone
small business concerns, small business concerns owned and
controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals, and small business concerns owned and controlled
by women, from a wide variety of industries; and
``(ii) subcontracts to small business concerns, small
business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled
veterans, qualified HUBZone small business concerns, small
business concerns owned and controlled by socially and
economically disadvantaged individuals, and small business
concerns owned and controlled by women''; and
(C) in paragraph (6)--
(i) by striking the heading and inserting ``Definitions.--
'';
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses
(i) and (ii), respectively; and
(iii) by striking ``subsection, the'' and inserting:
``subsection:
``(A) New small business entrant.--The term `new small
business entrant' means a small business concern that--
``(i) has been awarded a prime contract; and
``(ii) has not previously been awarded a prime contract.
``(B) Scorecard.--The''.
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