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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5044 

To improve the Federal contracting programs of the Small Business 

Administration, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 

Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Ms. DUCKWORTH) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business 

and Entrepreneurship 

A BILL 

To improve the Federal contracting programs of the Small 

Business Administration, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Contracting 

5 Fairness Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) There remain disparities in education, em9 ployment, and business history, which includes un10 equal contracting opportunities, unequal access to 


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1 credit or capital, and acquisition of credit or capital 

2 under commercially unfavorable circumstances, be3 tween individuals defined as socially and economi4 cally disadvantaged under the Small Business Act 

5 (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) and other individuals. 

6 (2) The following statistics reiterate the dispari7 ties described in paragraph (1): 

8 (A) Of the 16,300,000 students enrolled in 

9 4-year undergraduate university in the fall of 

10 2016, 9,100,000 were White, 3,200,000 were 

11 Hispanic, 2,200,000 were Black, and 1,100,000 

12 million were Asian. In 2018, 41 percent of all 

13 18- to 24-year-olds were enrolled in college. 

14 However, 37 percent of Black 18- to 24-year15 olds and 26 percent of Hispanic 18- to 24-year16 olds were enrolled in college. Additionally, in 

17 2019, 29 percent of Black adults had a bach18 elor’s degree or higher, 21 percent of Latino or 

19 Hispanic adults had a bachelor’s degree or 

20 higher, and 22 percent of Pacific Islander 

21 adults had a bachelor’s degree or higher, as 

22 compared to 45 percent of White adults. 

23 (B) In 2020, 24 percent of Black employ24 ees and 24 percent of Hispanic employees re25 port having been discriminated against at work, 


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1 compared to 15 percent of White employees re2 porting discrimination at work. In the first 

3 quarter of 2022, the unemployment rate in the 

4 United States among White workers was 3.6 

5 percent compared to 6.8 percent among Black 

6 workers and 4.9 percent among Hispanic work7 ers. 

8 (C) With regards to contracting, in 2021, 

9 2.78 percent of Federal contracts were awarded 

10 to Asian-owned small businesses, 1.67 percent 

11 went to Black-owned small businesses, 1.78 

12 percent went to Hispanic-owned small busi13 nesses, and 2.69 percent went to Native Amer14 ican-owned small businesses compared to 15.64 

15 percent of Federal contracts awarded to White16 owned small businesses. In total, 9.4 percent of 

17 contracting dollars went to minority-owned 

18 businesses when 19 percent of United States 

19 employer businesses are minority-owned. 

20 (D) In terms of access to capital, in 2021, 

21 15 percent of Asian-owned small businesses re22 ceived all the financing they sought, 16 percent 

23 of Black-owned small businesses received all the 

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1 ceived all the non-emergency financing they 

2 sought, as compared to 35 percent of White3 owned small businesses. 

4 (3) Given these disparities, the program estab5 lished under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act 

6 (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) remains a vital part in increas7 ing access to Federal contracting opportunities for 

8 business owners considered socially and economically 

9 disadvantaged, as defined in such Act, and is a crit10 ical business development program for ensuring 

11 these individuals can start and grow their businesses 

12 to compete for Federal contracts. 

13 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this Act: 

15 (1) ADMINISTRATION; ADMINISTRATOR.—The 

16 terms ‘‘Administration’’ and ‘‘Administrator’’ mean 

17 the Small Business Administration and the Adminis18 trator thereof, respectively. 

19 (2) QUALIFIED HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS

20 CONCERN; SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN; SMALL BUSI21 NESS CONCERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERV22 ICE-DISABLED VETERANS; SMALL BUSINESS CON23 CERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY WOMEN.—The 

24 terms ‘‘qualified HUBZone small business concern’’, 

25 ‘‘small business concern’’, ‘‘small business concern 


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1 owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans’’, 

2 and ‘‘small business concern owned and controlled 

3 by women’’ have the meanings given those terms in 

4 section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

5 632). 

6 SEC. 4. DURATION OF PARTICIPATION; RAMP-UP PERIOD; 

7 TRANSITION PERIOD. 

8 (a) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM PARTICIPATION PE9 RIOD.—Section 7(j)(15) of the Small Business Act (15 

10 U.S.C. 636(j)(15)) is amended— 

11 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

12 by striking ‘‘nine years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’; 

13 (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘four 

14 years’’ and inserting ‘‘5 years’’; and 

15 (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘five 

16 years’’ and inserting ‘‘5 years’’. 

17 (b) RAMP-UP PERIOD.— 

18 (1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

19 ‘‘covered small business concern’’ means a small 

20 business concern that, as of the date of enactment 

21 of this Act— 

22 (A) is in the first 3 years as a participant 

23 in the program established under section 8(a) 

24 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)); 

25 (B) is an individually owned entity; and 


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1 (C) has not been awarded a contract under 

2 such section 8(a), excluding contracts that meet 

3 the simplified acquisition threshold described in 

4 section 134 of title 41, United States Code. 

5 (2) ELECTION.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara7 graph (B), a covered small business concern 

8 may elect at the time of certification to begin 

9 the 10-year program participation period under 

10 section 7(j)(15) of the Small Business Act (15 

11 U.S.C. 636(j)(15)), as amended by subsection 

12 (a), on the earlier of— 

13 (i) the date on which the covered 

14 small business concern is awarded a con15 tract under section 8(a) of the Small Busi16 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)); or 

17 (ii) 3 years after the date on which 

18 the covered small business concern was 

19 certified to participate in the program es20 tablished under such section 8(a). 

21 (B) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding sub22 paragraph (A), the program participation pe23 riod for a covered small business concern under 

24 section 7(j)(15) shall not exceed 13 years. 

25 (3) TRAINING.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

2 subparagraph (B), if a covered small business 

3 concern makes an election under paragraph (2), 

4 the covered small business concern shall— 

5 (i) participate in 12 hours per year of 

6 marketing, business development training, 

7 and engagement to show intent in building 

8 capacity to participate in the Federal con9 tracting market, which shall be satisfied 

10 through training provided by the Adminis11 tration, the Minority Business Develop12 ment Agency, resource partners of the Ad13 ministration, Procurement Technical As14 sistance Centers, or national organizations 

15 with expertise in Federal contracting or 

16 that provide contracting certifications; and 

17 (ii) log the progress of the covered 

18 small business concern on the training car19 ried out under subparagraph (A) in the an20 nual review submitted by the covered small 

21 business concern. 

22 (B) EXCEPTION.— 

23 (i) IN GENERAL.—The requirements 

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1 fore reaching 36 hours of training under 

2 subparagraph (A)(i), the covered small 

3 business concern is awarded a contract 

4 under section 8(a) of the Small Business 

5 Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)). 

6 (ii) REQUIREMENT TO LOG.—Notwith7 standing clause (i), a covered small busi8 ness concern that receives a waiver under 

9 clause (i) is required to log the training in 

10 which the small business concern partici11 pates under subparagraph (A) in accord12 ance with clause (ii) of such subparagraph. 

13 (c) TRANSITION PERIOD.— 

14 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

15 (A) the term ‘‘covered small business con16 cern’’ means a small business concern that is in 

17 the final 3 years of participation in the program 

18 established under section 8(a) of the Small 

19 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)); and 

20 (B) the term ‘‘economically disadvantaged 

21 individual’’ means an individual described in 

22 section 8(a)(6)(A) of the Small Business Act 

23 (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(6)(A)). 

24 (2) INCREASED AMOUNTS.—The Administrator 

25 may permit the owner of a covered small business 


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1 concern to have an adjusted gross income and per2 sonal net worth that is not more than 3 times higher 

3 than the amount allowed for the covered small busi4 ness program under the program established under 

5 section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

6 637(a)), and continue to be considered economically 

7 disadvantaged for the purposes of that program, if 

8 the owner demonstrates— 

9 (A) an investment in the covered small 

10 business concern to continue to compete in the 

11 Federal contracting market, such as investment 

12 in company infrastructure; 

13 (B) a plan for how the covered small busi14 ness concern is being prepared to compete for 

15 Federal contracts after exiting the program es16 tablished under section 8(a) of the Small Busi17 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)); and 

18 (C) any other metrics as determined by the 

19 Administrator. 

20 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR 8(A) FIRMS. 

21 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

22 of this Act, the Administrator shall issue or revise regula23 tions to— 

24 (1) make the review process for small business 

25 concerns already certified under section 8(a) of the 


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1 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) less burden2 some by modifying the annual review of each such 

3 small business concern, including by— 

4 (A) providing that, with respect to such an 

5 annual review, each such small business con6 cern— 

7 (i) shall submit to the Administrator 

8 a new business plan, including a contract 

9 forecast, a transitional management plan, 

10 and an annual performance of contracts, 

11 and a business capture strategy approach 

12 only if the plan or approach, as applicable, 

13 has changed, as compared with the pre14 vious year; and 

15 (ii) may indicate to the Administrator 

16 that there has been no change to the busi17 ness plan or business capture strategy ap18 proach described in clause (i) during the 

19 previous year; and 

20 (B) making such other reductions in the 

21 number of forms and documents submitted by 

22 each such small business concern that the Ad23 ministrator determines necessary, while still en24 suring that each such small business concern 


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1 maintains good standing with respect to the 

2 program carried out under such section 8(a); 

3 (2) determine a new process for how the Ad4 ministrator processes the annual review of each such 

5 small business concern that, at a minimum, requires 

6 the Administrator to conduct a review, which shall 

7 be expedited, of the small business concern when the 

8 small business concern is awarded a contract under 

9 such section 8(a); and 

10 (3) coordinate with the General Services Ad11 ministration to streamline the Past Performance 

12 Questionnaire form for small business concerns and 

13 Federal agencies participating in the programs es14 tablished under sections 8(a), 8(m), 31, and 36 of 

15 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a), 637(m), 

16 657a, 657f). 

17 SEC. 6. SBA REPRESENTATION ON THE FEDERAL ACQUISI18 TION REGULATION COUNCIL. 

19 Section 1302(b) of title 41, United States Code, is 

20 amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

22 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

23 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

24 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 

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1 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(E) the Administrator of the Small Busi3 ness Administration.’’; and 

4 (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘subpara5 graphs (B) to (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs 

6 (B) through (E)’’. 

7 SEC. 7. OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS 

8 UTILIZATION; DIRECTOR. 

9 Section 15(k)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 

10 U.S.C. 644(k)(3)) is amended by inserting ‘‘be at a level 

11 that is not less senior than the Under Secretary of Defense 

12 for Policy or the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi13 tion and Sustainment,’’ after ‘‘appraisals),’’. 

14 SEC. 8. SOLE SOURCE THRESHOLDS. 

15 The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 

16 amended— 

17 (1) in section 8 (15 U.S.C. 637)— 

18 (A) in subsection (a)(1)(D)(i), by striking 

19 subclause (II) and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(II) the anticipated award price 

21 of the contract (including options and 

22 options periods) will exceed— 

23 ‘‘(aa) $12,000,000 in the 

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1 try Classification System code for 

2 research and development, except 

3 that such amount shall be 

4 $14,000,000 if the small business 

5 concern is a participating or 

6 graduated mentor in, or a joint 

7 venture established under, the 

8 mentor-protege program under 

9 section 45; 

10 ‘‘(bb) $14,000,000 (or 

11 $16,000,000, if the small busi12 ness concern is a participating or 

13 graduated mentor in, or a joint 

14 venture established under, the 

15 mentor-protege program under 

16 section 45) in the case of a con17 tract opportunity described in 

18 item (aa), if the small business 

19 concern subcontracts with an in20 stitution of higher education de21 scribed in section 371(a) of the 

22 Higher Education Act of 1965 

23 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)), for which 

24 the limitations on subcontracting 

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1 ‘‘(cc) $14,000,000 in the 

2 case of a contract opportunity as3 signed a North American Indus4 try Classification System code for 

5 manufacturing, except that such 

6 amount shall be $16,000,000 if 

7 the small business concern is a 

8 participating or graduated men9 tor in, or a joint venture estab10 lished under, the mentor-protege 

11 program under section 45; or 

12 ‘‘(dd) $10,000,000 in the 

13 case of any other contract oppor14 tunity, except that such amount 

15 shall be $12,000,000 if the small 

16 business concern is a partici17 pating or graduated mentor in, 

18 or a joint venture established 

19 under, the mentor-protege pro20 gram under section 45.’’; and 

21 (B) in subsection (m)— 

22 (i) in paragraph (7)(B), by striking 

23 clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(i) $12,000,000 in the case of a con2 tract opportunity assigned a North Amer3 ican Industry Classification System code 

4 for research and development; 

5 ‘‘(ii) $14,000,000 in the case of a con6 tract opportunity described in item (aa), if 

7 the small business concern partners with 

8 an institution of higher education de9 scribed in section 371(a) of the Higher 

10 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

11 1067q(a)); 

12 ‘‘(iii) $14,000,000 in the case of a 

13 contract opportunity assigned a North 

14 American Industry Classification System 

15 code for manufacturing; or 

16 ‘‘(iv) $10,000,000 in the case of any 

17 other contract opportunity; and’’; and 

18 (ii) in paragraph (8)(B), by striking 

19 clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(i) $12,000,000 in the case of a con22 tract opportunity assigned a North Amer23 ican Industry Classification System code 

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1 ‘‘(ii) $14,000,000 in the case of a con2 tract opportunity described in item (aa), if 

3 the small business concern partners with 

4 an institution of higher education de5 scribed in section 371(a) of the Higher 

6 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

7 1067q(a)); 

8 ‘‘(iii) $14,000,000 in the case of a 

9 contract opportunity assigned a North 

10 American Industry Classification System 

11 code for manufacturing; or 

12 ‘‘(iv) $10,000,000 in the case of any 

13 other contract opportunity; and’’; 

14 (2) in section 31(c)(2)(A)(ii) (15 U.S.C. 

15 657a(c)(2)(A)(ii)), by striking subclauses (I) and 

16 (II) and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(I) $12,000,000 in the case of a 

18 contract opportunity assigned a North 

19 American Industry Classification Sys20 tem code for research and develop21 ment; 

22 ‘‘(II) $14,000,000 in the case of 

23 a contract opportunity described in 

24 item (aa), if the qualified HUBZone 

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1 an institution of higher education de2 scribed in section 371(a) of the High3 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

4 1067q(a)); 

5 ‘‘(III) $14,000,000 in the case of 

6 a contract opportunity assigned a 

7 North American Industry Classifica8 tion System code for manufacturing; 

9 or 

10 ‘‘(IV) $10,000,000 in the case of 

11 any other contract opportunity; and’’; 

12 and 

13 (3) in section 36(c)(2) (15 U.S.C. 657f(c)(2)), 

14 by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(A) $12,000,000 in the case of a contract 

17 opportunity assigned a North American Indus18 try Classification System code for research and 

19 development; 

20 ‘‘(B) $14,000,000 in the case of a contract 

21 opportunity described in item (aa), if the small 

22 business concern partners with an institution of 

23 higher education described in section 371(a) of 

24 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

25 1067q(a)); 


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1 ‘‘(C) $14,000,000 in the case of a contract 

2 opportunity assigned a North American Indus3 try Classification System code for manufac4 turing; or 

5 ‘‘(D) $10,000,000 in the case of any other 

6 contract opportunity; and’’. 

7 SEC. 9. MENTOR-PROTEGE PROGRAM. 

8 (a) REMOVAL OF RESTRICTION ON NUMBER OF

9 MENTORS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 45(b)(3)(A) of the 

11 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657r(b)(3)(A)) is 

12 amended by striking ‘‘, including any restrictions’’ 

13 and all that follows through the end of the subpara14 graph and inserting a period. 

15 (2) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator shall 

16 issue regulations to provide that there is no restric17 tion on the number of mentors under section 45 of 

18 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657r) that a 

19 small business concern participating in the program 

20 established under section 8(a) of the Small Business 

21 Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) may have while participating 

22 in the program, if the mentor-protege relationships 

23 do not conflict or compete with each other. 

24 (b) DATABASE.—The Administrator shall create an 

25 online centralized database for mentors and proteges (as 


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1 defined in section 45 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

2 657r)) to foster connection and support business develop3 ment between the 2 groups. 

4 (c) STREAMLINED PROCESS.—The Administrator 

5 shall issue regulations to streamline the process for apply6 ing to the mentor-protege program established under sec7 tion 45 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657r). 

8 SEC. 10. CERTIFICATION PROCESS. 

9 (a) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

10 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 

11 issue regulations to streamline the certification process for 

12 small business concerns seeking to become certified as— 

13 (1) a participant in the program established 

14 under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 

15 U.S.C. 637(a)); 

16 (2) a small business concern owned and con17 trolled by women; 

18 (3) a qualified HUBZone small business con19 cern; or 

20 (4) a small business concern owned and con21 trolled by service-disabled veterans. 

22 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

23 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 

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1 of the House of Representatives a report that outlines how 

2 the Administrator plans to streamline the certification 

3 process described in subsection (a). 

4 SEC. 11. REPEAL OF BONAFIDE OFFICE RULE. 

5 Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

6 637(a)) is amended by repealing paragraph (11). 

7 SEC. 12. REPORTS. 

8 (a) DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.—Not later than 180 days 

9 after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 

10 thereafter, the Administrator shall— 

11 (1) make publicly available on the website of 

12 the Administration— 

13 (A) disaggregated data on the size and 

14 number of contracts in total by the Federal 

15 Government and by each Federal agency to 

16 small business concerns by demographics, in17 cluding, at a minimum, the gender, race, and 

18 ethnicity categories published by the Adminis19 tration in the disaggregated Federal contracting 

20 data in December 2021, and the size of the 

21 small business concern; and 

22 (B) data on the number of small business 

23 concerns owned and controlled by disabled indi24 viduals that are participating in the program 

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1 (2) with consultation with the Administrator of 

2 General Services, include on SAM.gov the ability for 

3 small business concerns to report the data described 

4 in paragraph (1)(B). 

5 (b) REVIEW OF SIZE STANDARDS.—Not later than 

6 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad7 ministrator shall conduct a review of and submit to Con8 gress a report on the size standards applicable to partici9 pants in the program established under section 8(a) of the 

10 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)), and outline ways 

11 in which the Administration can modify size standards to 

12 allow program participants to grow and continue to exist 

13 after exiting the program. 

14 (c) ABILITY TO OBTAIN SET-ASIDE AND SOLE

15 SOURCE CONTRACTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

16 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall sub17 mit to Congress a report on— 

18 (1) the ability of small business concerns par19 ticipating in the program established under 8(a) of 

20 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) that are 

21 not owned by Alaska Native Corporations or Native 

22 Hawaiian Organizations to compete for and success23 fully obtain set-aside contracts, including by report24 ing data comparing the distribution of awarded set25 aside contracts among— 


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1 (A) small business concerns participating 

2 in that program that are not owned by Alaska 

3 Native Corporations or Native Hawaiian Orga4 nizations; and 

5 (B) small business concerns participating 

6 in that program that are owned by Alaska Na7 tive Corporations or Native Hawaiian Organiza8 tions; and 

9 (2) the best sole source thresholds to enable 

10 small business concerns participating in the program 

11 established under 8(a) of the Small Business Act 

12 (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) to secure available sole source 

13 contracts. 

14 (d) CHANGES TO 8(a) PROGRAM.—Not later than 

15 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad16 ministrator shall submit to Congress a report on a plan 

17 to implement the changes to the program established 

18 under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

19 637(a)) required under this Act and the amendments 

20 made by this Act. 

21 SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Admin23 istration— 

24 (1) for fiscal year 2023 and every fiscal year 

25 thereafter— 


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1 (A) $20,000,000 to increase the number of 

2 procurement center representatives under sec3 tion 15(l) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

4 644(l)) and commercial marketing representa5 tives, of which $2,000,000 of those amounts 

6 shall be used to provide those individuals with 

7 increased training on the process to be awarded 

8 a sole-source contract; 

9 (B) $20,000,000 to increase the number of 

10 district office business specialists available 

11 under the 8(a) program; 

12 (C) $5,000,000 for costs related to certi13 fying small business concerns as small business 

14 concerns owned and controlled by women; and 

15 (D) $400,000 for costs related to proc16 essing applications to participate in the mentor17 protege program established under section 45 of 

18 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657r); and 

19 (2) for fiscal year 2023, to remain available 

20 until expended, $2,500,000 to replace the dynamic 

21 small business search database of the Administra22 tion. 

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