S.Amdt. 3143

SA 3143. 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. TRAINING ON INCREASING CONTRACT AWARDS TO CERTAIN
SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.

(a) 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 and the Office of
Government Contracting, shall, with respect to each Federal
agency that did not meet the goal established under section
15(g)(1)(A)(ii) for the most recently completed fiscal year,
provide training to contracting officers of that Federal
agency 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
and the Office of Government Contracting, 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
Administrator shall submit to Congress a report detailing--
``(A) for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year to
which the report applies, a list of each Federal agency that
failed to meet the goal established under section
15(g)(1)(A)(ii);
``(B) for the fiscal year to which the report applies, the
number of trainings provided to each Federal agency described
in subparagraph (A); and
``(C) an overview of the content included in the training
sessions described in subparagraph (B).''.
(b) Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by
Women.--Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
637(m)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(9) Training on increasing contract awards to small
business concerns owned and controlled by women.--
``(A) In general.--The Administrator, in consultation with
the Office of Women's Business Ownership and the Office of
Government Contracting, shall, with respect to each Federal
agency that did not meet the goal established under section
15(g)(1)(A)(v)

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for the most recently completed fiscal year, provide training
to contracting officers of that Federal agency on how to
increase the number of contracts awarded to small business
concerns owned and controlled by women.
``(B) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator, in
consultation with the Office of Office of Women's Business
Ownership and the Office of Government Contracting, shall
issue guidance and best practices on increasing the number of
contracts awarded to small businesses owned and controlled by
women for Federal agencies to which the goal established
under section 15(g)(1)(A)(v) applies.
``(C) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this paragraph, and annually thereafter, the
Administrator shall submit to Congress a report detailing--
``(i) for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year to
which the report applies, a list of each Federal agency that
failed to meet the goal established under section
15(g)(1)(A)(v);
``(ii) for the fiscal year to which the report applies, the
number of trainings provided to each Federal agency described
in clause (i); and
``(iii) an overview of the content included in the training
sessions described in clause (ii).''.
(c) Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concerns.--Section 31
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
``(f) Training on Increasing Contract Awards to Small
Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by Qualified Hubzone
Small Business Concerns.--
``(1) In general.--The Administrator, in consultation with
the Office of the HUBZone Program and the Office of
Government Contracting, shall, with respect to each Federal
agency that did not meet the goal established under section
15(g)(1)(A)(iii) for the most recently completed fiscal year,
provide training to contracting officers of that Federal
agency on how to increase the number of contracts awarded to
qualified HUBZone small business concerns.
``(2) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this subsection, the Administrator, in
consultation with the Office of the HUBZone Program and the
Office of Government Contracting, shall issue guidance and
best practices on increasing the number of contracts awarded
to qualified HUBZone small business concern for Federal
agencies to which the goal established under section
15(g)(1)(A)(iii) applies.
``(3) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the
Administrator shall submit to Congress a report detailing--
``(A) for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year to
which the report applies, a list of each Federal agency that
failed to meet the goal established under section
15(g)(1)(A)(iii);
``(B) for the fiscal year to which the report applies, the
number of trainings provided to each Federal agency described
in subparagraph (A); and
``(C) an overview of the content included in the training
sessions described in subparagraph (B).''.
(d) Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals.--Section
8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(22) Training on increasing contract awards to small
business concerns owned and controlled by socially and
economically disadvantaged individuals.--
``(A) In general.--The Administrator, in consultation with
the Office of Government Contracting, shall, with respect to
each Federal agency that did not meet the goal established
under section 15(g)(1)(A)(iv) for the most recently completed
fiscal year, provide training to contracting officers of that
Federal agency on how to increase the number of contracts
awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by
socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
``(B) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator, in
consultation with the Office of Government Contracting, shall
issue guidance and best practices on increasing the number of
contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and
controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals for Federal agencies to which the goal
established under section 15(g)(1)(A)(iv) applies.
``(C) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this paragraph, and annually thereafter, the
Administrator shall submit to Congress a report detailing--
``(i) for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year to
which the report applies, a list of each Federal agency that
failed to meet the goal established under section
15(g)(1)(A)(iv);
``(ii) for the fiscal year to which the report applies, the
number of trainings provided to each Federal agency described
in clause (i); and
``(iii) an overview of the content included in the training
sessions described in clause (ii).''.
(e) No Authorization of Additional Appropriations.--No
additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section or any of the amendments made by this
section.
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