S.Amdt. 2336

SA 2336. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him 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 D of title VIII, add the following:

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SEC. 865. TRAINING ON INCREASING CONTRACT AWARDS TO SMALL
BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY
SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS.

Section 36 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Training on Increasing Contract Awards to Small
Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by Service-Disabled
Veterans.--
``(1) In general.--The Administrator, in consultation with
the Office of Veterans Business Development, shall provide to
covered employees at each Federal agency that has not met the
goal established under section 15(g)(1)(A)(ii) training on
how to increase the number of contracts awarded to small
business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled
veterans.
``(2) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this subsection, the Administrator, in
consultation with the Office of Veterans Business
Development, shall issue guidance and best practices on
increasing the number of contracts awarded to small
businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans
for Federal agencies to which the goal established under
section 15(g)(1)(A)(ii) applies.
``(3) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the
Administration shall submit to Congress a report detailing,
for the fiscal year covered by the report--
``(A) a list of each Federal agency that failed to meet the
goal established under section 15(g)(1)(A)(ii);
``(B) the number of trainings provided to each Federal
agency described in paragraph (1); and
``(C) an overview of the content included in the training
sessions described in subparagraph (B).''.
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