II
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1489
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 21, 2009
Ms. Snowe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to create parity among small business contracting programs, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as
the Small Business Contracting
Programs Parity Act of 2009
.
Definitions
In this Act—
the terms Administration and Administrator mean the Small Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively; and
the terms HUBZone small business concern, small business concern , small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and small business concern owned and controlled by women have the same meanings as in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
Contracting improvements
Contracting opportunities
Section 31(b)(2)(B) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 657a(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking shall
and inserting
may
.
Contracting goals
Section 15(g)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
644(g)(1)) is amended in the fourth sentence by inserting and
subcontract
after not less than 3 percent of the total value of
all prime contract
.
Mentor-protege programs
The Administrator may establish mentor-protege programs for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, small business concerns owned and controlled by women, and HUBZone small business concerns modeled on the mentor-protege program of the Administration for small business concerns participating in programs under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)).