S.Amdt. 2456

SA 2456. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Mr. Cardin) 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 D of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 865. AMENDMENTS TO CONTRACTING AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN
SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.

(a) Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Small Business
Concerns.--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 inserting ``(or $10,000,000, in the case of a
Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for inflation by
the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under section
1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after
``$7,000,000''; and
(2) by inserting ``(or $8,000,000, in the case of a
Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for inflation by
the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under section
1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after
``$3,000,000''.
(b) 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 inserting ``(or $10,000,000, in the
case of a Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for
inflation by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under
section 1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after
``$7,000,000''; and
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``(or $8,000,000, in the
case of a Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for
inflation by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under
section 1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after
``$4,000,000''; and
(2) in paragraph (8)(B)--
(A) in clause (i), by inserting ``(or $10,000,000, in the
case of a Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for
inflation by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under
section 1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after
``$7,000,000''; and
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``(or $8,000,000, in the
case of a Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for
inflation by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under
section 1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after
``$4,000,000''.
(c) Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concerns.--Section
31(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the

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Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a(c)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended--
(1) in subclause (I), by inserting ``(or $10,000,000, in
the case of a Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for
inflation by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under
section 1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after
``$7,000,000''; and
(2) in subclause (II), by inserting ``(or $8,000,000, in
the case of a Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for
inflation by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under
section 1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after
``$3,000,000''.
(d) Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by
Service-disabled Veterans.--Section 36(c)(2) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f(c)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``(or $10,000,000, in
the case of a Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for
inflation by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under
section 1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after
``$7,000,000''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``(or $8,000,000, in
the case of a Department of Defense contract, as adjusted for
inflation by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council under
section 1.109 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation)'' after
``$3,000,000''.
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