S.Amdt. 703

SA 703. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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. __. 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 $22,000,000, in the case of a
Department of Defense contract)'' after ``$7,000,000''; and
(2) by inserting ``(or $15,000,000, in the case of a
Department of Defense contract)'' 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 $22,000,000, in the
case of a Department of Defense contract)'' after
``$7,000,000''; and
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``(or $15,000,000, in the
case of a Department of Defense contract)'' after
``$4,000,000''; and
(2) in paragraph (8)(B)--
(A) in clause (i), by inserting ``(or $22,000,000, in the
case of a Department of Defense contract)'' after
``$7,000,000''; and
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``(or $15,000,000, in the
case of a Department of Defense contract)'' after
``$4,000,000''.
(c) Qualified Hubzone Small Business Concerns.--Section
31(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
657a(c)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended--
(1) in subclause (I), by inserting ``(or $22,000,000, in
the case of a Department of Defense contract)'' after
``$7,000,000''; and
(2) in subclause (II), by inserting ``(or $15,000,000, in
the case of a Department of Defense contract)'' 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 $22,000,000, in
the case of a Department of Defense contract)'' after
``$7,000,000''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``(or $15,000,000, in
the case of a Department of Defense contract)'' after
``$3,000,000''.
(e) Certain Veteran-owned Concerns.--Section 8127(c)(2) of
title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking
``$5,000,000'' and inserting ``the dollar thresholds under
section 36(c)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
657f(c)(2))''.
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