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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9510 

To make improvements to Federal contracting opportunities for small business 

concerns owned and controlled by women, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 

Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Armed 

Services, Veterans’ Affairs, and Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To make improvements to Federal contracting opportunities 

for small business concerns owned and controlled by 

women, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Generating Revenue Opportunities for Women-Owned 

6 Small Businesses Act of 2024’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of content for 

8 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Establishment of women-owned indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity 

contracts. 

Sec. 4. Exclusion of self-certified small business concerns owned and controlled 

by women from goals. 

Sec. 5. Increase to Governmentwide goal for participation in Federal contracts 

by certain small business concerns. 

Sec. 6. Training on increasing contract awards to small business concerns 

owned and controlled by women. 

Sec. 7. Report from the Secretary of Defense. 

Sec. 8. Report on use of sole source authority to award contracts to small business concerns owned and controlled by women. 

Sec. 9. Waiver of justification and approval requirements. 

Sec. 10. Elimination of unnecessary restrictions on awards to small business 

concerns owned and controlled by women. 

Sec. 11. Requirements relating to agency procurement forecasts. 

Sec. 12. List of small business concerns owned and controlled by women that 

have not been awarded a Federal contract. 

Sec. 13. Best practices for increasing Federal contracting opportunities for 

small business concerns owned and controlled by women. 

Sec. 14. Reports on use of set-aside authority to award contracts to small business concerns owned and controlled by women. 

Sec. 15. Comptroller General survey of Offices of Small and Disadvantaged 

Business Utilization. 

Sec. 16. Award program for small business concerns owned and controlled by 

women. 

Sec. 17. Parity for contracting preferences for small business concerns owned 

and controlled by women. 

Sec. 18. Technical amendments. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administra4 tion’’ means the Small Business Administration. 

5 (2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis6 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi7 ness Administration. 

8 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT9 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com10 mittees’’ means the Committee on Small Business of 


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1 the House of Representatives and the Committee 

2 Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate. 

3 (4) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term 

4 ‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 

5 under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 

6 U.S.C. 632). 

7 (5) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN OWNED AND

8 CONTROLLED BY WOMEN.—The term ‘‘small busi9 ness concern owned and controlled by women’’ has 

10 the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Small 

11 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 

12 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF WOMEN-OWNED INDEFINITE 

13 DELIVERY, INDEFINITE QUANTITY CON14 TRACTS. 

15 (a) AUTHORITY.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 

17 General Services Administration may establish and 

18 administer an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity 

19 contract exclusively for small business concerns 

20 owned and controlled by women. 

21 (2) LIMITATION.—The Administrator of the 

22 General Services Administration may not use the au23 thority under this section until 90 days after the 

24 date of submission of the plan required under sub25 section (c). 


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1 (b) EXCEPTION.—The requirements of any regula2 tion issued pursuant to section 865(b)(2) of the National 

3 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 

4 Law 110–417) shall not apply to an indefinite delivery, 

5 indefinite quantity contact entered into under this section. 

6 (c) PLAN.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad9 ministrator of the General Services Administration 

10 and the Administrator of the Small Business Admin11 istration shall jointly develop an implementation 

12 plan to establish and administer an indefinite deliv13 ery, indefinite quantity contract described in sub14 section (a). 

15 (2) ELEMENTS.—The plan shall include the fol16 lowing: 

17 (A) A detailed description of the steps nec18 essary to establish and administer the indefinite 

19 delivery, indefinite quantity contract described 

20 in subsection (a). 

21 (B) A description of the purpose and scope 

22 of such contract and the types of goods and 

23 services to be acquired under such contract, in24 cluding— 


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1 (i) the process for determining which 

2 offerors may be included in such contract; 

3 and 

4 (ii) a review of available ways to 

5 structure and issue orders under such con6 tract and how each way would provide the 

7 maximum benefit to small business con8 cerns owned and controlled by women. 

9 (C) The timelines necessary for the estab10 lishment of such contract. 

11 (D) The methods of soliciting and obtain12 ing feedback on the structure of such contract 

13 from interested persons, including small busi14 ness concerns owned and controlled by women 

15 and interested persons representing small busi16 ness concerns owned and controlled by women. 

17 (E) The cost associated with managing 

18 and operating such contract, and any fees, 

19 working capital funds, or appropriations that 

20 are necessary for the establishment and admin21 istration of such contract. 

22 (F) The plans and strategies to maximize 

23 participation of small business concerns owned 

24 and controlled by women in such contract. 


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1 (G) The methods to measure the perform2 ance, management, and outcomes associated 

3 with such contract. 

4 (H) Any statutory or regulatory authorities 

5 necessary to encourage additional Federal agen6 cy participation in such contract and methods 

7 to obtain such authorities. 

8 (I) Any proposals or recommendations to 

9 ensure maximum participation in Federal con10 tracting opportunities for small business con11 cerns owned and controlled by women that are 

12 not included in such contract. 

13 (J) The steps the Administrator of the 

14 Small Business Administration should take to 

15 encourage use of such contract by Federal 

16 agencies, including marketing strategies and 

17 training for appropriate acquisition personnel of 

18 such agencies. 

19 (K) Proposals to change current laws, 

20 strategies, business practices, policies, guidance, 

21 and regulations to provide the Administrator of 

22 the General Services Administration with the 

23 authorities to carry out the implementation 

24 plan. 


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1 (L) Any additional relevant information, as 

2 determined by the Administrator of the General 

3 Services Administration or the Administrator of 

4 the Small Business Administration. 

5 (d) INDEFINITE DELIVERY, INDEFINITE QUANTITY

6 CONTRACT DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘indefi7 nite delivery, indefinite quantity contract’’ means a con8 tract with 2 or more sources pursuant to the same solicita9 tion that is entered into by one or more heads of a Federal 

10 agency. 

11 SEC. 4. EXCLUSION OF SELF-CERTIFIED SMALL BUSINESS 

12 CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY 

13 WOMEN FROM GOALS. 

14 (a) EXCLUSION OF SELF-CERTIFIED WOSBS FROM

15 GOVERNMENTWIDE AND AGENCY GOALS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 15(g) of the Small 

17 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)) is amended by add18 ing at the end the following new paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(4) EXCLUSION OF SELF-CERTIFIED WOSBS

20 FROM GOALS.—Only small business concerns owned 

21 and controlled by women that have been certified 

22 under section 8(m)(2)(E) shall be included in calcu23 lating the goals established— 

24 ‘‘(A) under paragraph (1)(A)(v); and 


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1 ‘‘(B) by the head of a Federal agency for 

2 small business concerns owned and controlled 

3 by women under paragraph (2).’’. 

4 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

5 by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the first day 

6 after the end of the second fiscal year beginning 

7 after the Administrator issues the rules required 

8 under subsection (b)(2). 

9 (b) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO SELF-CERTIFIED

10 WOSBS.— 

11 (1) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN SELF-CERTIFIED

12 WOSBS IN GOALS.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

14 other provision of law, a small business concern 

15 described in subparagraph (B) shall be deemed 

16 to have been certified by the Administrator or 

17 a national certifying entity approved by the Ad18 ministrator under section 8(m) of the Small 

19 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)) as a small 

20 business concern owned and controlled by 

21 women under paragraph (2)(E) of such section 

22 8(m) (15 U.S.C. 637(m)(2)(E)) for the pur23 poses of calculating the goals described in para24 graph (4) of section 15(g) of such Act (as 

25 added by subsection (a) of this Act) until the 


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1 Administrator or such a national certifying en2 tity make a determination with respect to the 

3 certification of such concern under section 8(m) 

4 of such Act. 

5 (B) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS DE6 SCRIBED.—A small business concern described 

7 in this subparagraph is a small business con8 cern— 

9 (i) that is self-certified as a small 

10 business concern owned and controlled by 

11 women on or before the date on which the 

12 amendments made by subsection (a) take 

13 effect; 

14 (ii) that files a certification applica15 tion with the Administrator or a national 

16 certifying entity approved by the Adminis17 trator under section 8(m) of the Small 

18 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)) prior to 

19 such date; and 

20 (iii) for which the Administrator or 

21 such a national certifying entity does not 

22 make a determination prior to such date 

23 regarding certification pursuant to such 

24 certification application. 


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1 (2) RULEMAKING.—Not later than one year 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad3 ministrator shall issue rules to carry out this section. 

4 The Administrator shall notify the Law Revision 

5 Counsel of the House of Representatives of such 

6 issuance so that the Law Revision Counsel may exe7 cute the amendment made by subsection (a) in ac8 cordance with such subsection. 

9 (c) QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.—Not later 

10 than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this sec11 tion and on a quarterly basis thereafter until the date 

12 specified in subsection (b), the Administrator shall provide 

13 to the Committee on Small Business of the House of Rep14 resentatives and the Committee Small Business and En15 trepreneurship of the Senate a briefing on the implemen16 tation of the requirements of this section. Such briefings 

17 shall include— 

18 (1) the total number of small business concerns 

19 expected to seek certification as a small business 

20 concern owned and controlled by women; 

21 (2) the number of applications for certification 

22 pending with the Administrator or a national certi23 fying entity approved by the Administrator under 

24 section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

25 637(m)) during the period covered by the briefing; 


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1 (3) the total number of applications approved 

2 by the Administrator or such a national certifying 

3 entity since the date of the enactment of this sec4 tion; 

5 (4) the timelines associated with processing 

6 such applications by the Administrator or such a na7 tional certifying entity between submission and ap8 proval; 

9 (5) the administrative costs to the Administra10 tion to make determinations on such applications 

11 and the estimated cost to such applicant to seek cer12 tification from a national certifying entity; 

13 (6) a discussion of the Administrator’s current 

14 and future outreach efforts to small business con15 cerns owned and controlled by women and to Fed16 eral agencies on the requirements of this section; 

17 and 

18 (7) recommendations for additional legislative 

19 authority or resources required to fully implement 

20 the requirements of this section. 

21 SEC. 5. INCREASE TO GOVERNMENTWIDE GOAL FOR PAR22 TICIPATION IN FEDERAL CONTRACTS BY 

23 CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. 

24 (a) GOALS FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED

25 AND CONTROLLED BY WOMEN.—Section 15(g)(1)(A)(v) 


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1 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1)(A)(v)) is 

2 amended by striking ‘‘5 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘7 per3 cent’’. 

4 (b) CONFORMING ADJUSTMENT.—Section 

5 15(g)(1)(A)(i) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

6 644(g)(1)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘23 percent’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘25 percent’’. 

8 SEC. 6. TRAINING ON INCREASING CONTRACT AWARDS TO 

9 SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND 

10 CONTROLLED BY WOMEN. 

11 Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

12 637(m)) is amended by adding at the end the following 

13 new paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(9) TRAINING ON INCREASING CONTRACT

15 AWARDS TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED

16 AND CONTROLLED BY WOMEN.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 

18 shall provide training to acquisition personnel 

19 at each Federal agency that has not met the 

20 goal established under section 15(g)(1)(A)(v) on 

21 how to increase the number of contracts award22 ed to small business concerns owned and con23 trolled by women. 

24 ‘‘(B) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days 

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1 graph, the Administrator shall issue guidance 

2 and best practices on increasing the number of 

3 contracts awarded to small businesses owned 

4 and controlled by women to Federal agencies to 

5 which such goal applies. Such guidance shall in6 clude— 

7 ‘‘(i) the list of industries identified 

8 under paragraph (4) and any changes to 

9 such list; 

10 ‘‘(ii) the procedures to follow when 

11 using or deciding to use the authority 

12 under paragraph (2), (7), or (8); 

13 ‘‘(iii) best practices to identify re14 quirements for which the authority under 

15 paragraph (2), (7), or (8) may be used; 

16 ‘‘(iv) best practices in market research 

17 to identify small businesses owned and 

18 controlled by women included on the list 

19 described in clause (i); 

20 ‘‘(v) effective procurement methods to 

21 maximize use of the authority under this 

22 paragraph; and 

23 ‘‘(vi) other relevant information, as 

24 determined by the Administrator.’’. 


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1 SEC. 7. REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. 

2 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact3 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 

4 to the appropriate congressional committees and the 

5 Armed Services Committees of the House of Representa6 tives and the Senate a report that includes the following 

7 with respect to section 8(m) of the Small Business Act 

8 (15 U.S.C. 637(m)), as in effect on the day before the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act: 

10 (1) A summary of the training and education 

11 requirements for members of the acquisition work12 force (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United 

13 States Code) relating to the award of contracts to 

14 small business concerns owned and controlled by 

15 women under the authority of paragraph (2), (7), or 

16 (8) of such section 8(m). 

17 (2) A discussion of the training opportunities 

18 made available to members of the acquisition work19 force by each element of the Department of Defense 

20 (as described in section 111 of such title ) relating 

21 to the award of contracts to small business concerns 

22 owned and controlled by women under the authority 

23 of paragraph (2), (7), or (8) of such section 8(m). 

24 (3) Of the training opportunities described in 

25 paragraph (2), a description of those funded from 

26 amounts in the Department of Defense Acquisition 


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1 Workforce Development Account (established under 

2 section 1705 of title 10, United States Code). 

3 (4) An analysis of the effect on the training op4 portunities described in paragraph (2) on the use of 

5 the authority under paragraphs (2), (7), and (8) of 

6 such section 8(m). 

7 (5) Recommendations for changes or additions 

8 to the training and education requirements described 

9 in paragraph (1) and training opportunities de10 scribed in paragraph (2) that would increase the 

11 number of contracts awarded to small business con12 cerns owned and controlled by women under the au13 thority of paragraphs (2), (7), and (8) of such sec14 tion 8(m). 

15 SEC. 8. REPORT ON USE OF SOLE SOURCE AUTHORITY TO 

16 AWARD CONTRACTS TO SMALL BUSINESS 

17 CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY 

18 WOMEN. 

19 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact20 ment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the 

21 appropriate congressional committees a report on the pro22 cedures and requirements of each Federal agency when 

23 awarding a prime contract under the authority of para24 graph (7) or (8) of section 8(m) of the Small Business 


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1 Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)) to a small business concern owned 

2 and controlled by women. Such report shall include— 

3 (1) a summary of the procedures required to 

4 obtain approval for solicitation and award of such 

5 contracts; 

6 (2) a list of each of the required approvals, and 

7 the official with the authority to grant each such ap8 proval, for such contracts; and 

9 (3) recommendations to streamline the proce10 dures and approval requirements that would increase 

11 the use of the authority of paragraph (7) or (8) of 

12 section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

13 637(m)) to award contracts to small business con14 cerns owned and controlled by women. 

15 SEC. 9. WAIVER OF JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL RE16 QUIREMENTS. 

17 (a) DEFENSE CONTRACTS.—Section 3204(e) of title 

18 10, United States Code, is amended— 

19 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraphs 

20 (3), (4), and (7),’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3), 

21 (4), (7), and (8)’’; and 

22 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

23 paragraph: 

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1 CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY WOMEN.— 

2 The justification and approval required by para3 graph (1) is not required in the case of a sole source 

4 contract awarded to a small business concern owned 

5 and controlled by women if the proposed value of 

6 such contract does not exceed the dollar threshold 

7 under section 8(m)(7).’’. 

8 (b) OTHER CONTRACTS.—Section 3304(e)(4) of title 

9 41, United States Code, is amended— 

10 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

11 the end; 

12 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 

13 at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub15 paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(E) the procurement is a sole source contract 

17 awarded to a small business concern owned and con18 trolled by women if the proposed value of such con19 tract does not exceed the dollar threshold under sec20 tion 8(m)(7).’’. 

21 SEC. 10. ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY RESTRICTIONS 

22 ON AWARDS TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS 

23 OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY WOMEN. 

24 Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

25 637(m)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (7)(A), by striking ‘‘and the 

2 contracting officer’’ and all that follows through ‘‘of3 fers’’; and 

4 (2) in paragraph (8)(A), by striking ‘‘and the 

5 contracting officer’’ and all that follows through ‘‘of6 fers’’. 

7 SEC. 11. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO AGENCY PROCURE8 MENT FORECASTS. 

9 Section 8(a)(12)(C) of the Small Business Act (15 

10 U.S.C. 637(a)(12)(C)) is amended by adding at the end 

11 the following new clause: 

12 ‘‘(v) The individual contract opportu13 nities in industries identified by the Ad14 ministrator under subsection (m)(4) in 

15 which small business concerns owned and 

16 controlled by women are underrepresented 

17 with respect to Federal procurement con18 tracting.’’. 

19 SEC. 12. LIST OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND 

20 CONTROLLED BY WOMEN THAT HAVE NOT 

21 BEEN AWARDED A FEDERAL CONTRACT. 

22 Not later than one year after the date of the enact23 ment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the 

24 head of each Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business 

25 Utilization (established pursuant to section 15(k) of the 


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1 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k))) a list of small 

2 business concerns owned and controlled by women— 

3 (1) that have a record of past performance; and 

4 (2) that have not been awarded a contract 

5 under section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 

6 U.S.C. 637(m)). 

7 SEC. 13. BEST PRACTICES FOR INCREASING FEDERAL CON8 TRACTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSI9 NESS CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED 

10 BY WOMEN. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 

13 convene not less than two events for the purpose of shar14 ing information on best practices for increasing Federal 

15 contracting opportunities for small business concerns 

16 owned and controlled by women. 

17 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—At least one of the events con18 vened pursuant to subsection (a) shall include Administra19 tion officials presenting such information to interested 

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1 SEC. 14. REPORTS ON USE OF SET-ASIDE AUTHORITY TO 

2 AWARD CONTRACTS TO SMALL BUSINESS 

3 CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY 

4 WOMEN. 

5 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—During the covered period, 

6 the Administrator of the Small Business Administration 

7 shall annually submit to the appropriate congressional 

8 committees, at the same time as the submission of the 

9 scorecard required by section 15(y) of the Small Business 

10 Act (15 U.S.C. 644(y)), a report on— 

11 (1) the total number of prime contract awards 

12 to small business concerns owned and controlled by 

13 women made under the authority of paragraph (2) 

14 of section 8(m) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)) dur15 ing the covered period; 

16 (2) the number of such prime contracts award17 ed that were for goods or services previously pro18 vided or performed by small business concerns 

19 owned and controlled by women pursuant to a con20 tract awarded under the authority of such paragraph 

21 (2) of section 8(m); and 

22 (3) the number of prime contracts awarded that 

23 were for goods or services not previously provided or 

24 performed by small business concerns owned and 

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1 under the authority of such paragraph (2) of section 

2 8(m). 

3 (b) COVERED PERIOD DEFINED.—In this section, the 

4 term ‘‘covered period’’ means the period beginning with 

5 the first fiscal year that begins after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act and ending on the date that is five years 

7 after that date of enactment. 

8 SEC. 15. COMPTROLLER GENERAL SURVEY OF OFFICES OF 

9 SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTI10 LIZATION. 

11 (a) SURVEY REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 

12 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp13 troller General of the United States shall conduct a survey 

14 of each Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utili15 zation (established pursuant to section 15(k) of the Small 

16 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k))) relating to challenges 

17 to the use of contracting authorities for small business 

18 concerns owned and controlled by women and rec19 ommendations to facilitate great use of such authorities. 

20 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 

21 after the date of completion of the survey required under 

22 subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall submit to the 

23 appropriate congressional committees a report that in24 cludes recommendations to increase Federal contracting 


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1 opportunities for small business concerns owned and con2 trolled by women. 

3 SEC. 16. AWARD PROGRAM FOR SMALL BUSINESS CON4 CERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY 

5 WOMEN. 

6 Not later than one year after the date of the enact7 ment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish an an8 nual awards program to recognize any Federal agency em9 ployees who have made notable contributions to the Fed10 eral contracting program established under section 8(m) 

11 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)). The cri12 teria for such award shall include the following: 

13 (1) Demonstrated success in using contracting 

14 authorities under such section 8(m) in a manner in 

15 which provided new or additional Federal con16 tracting opportunities for small business concerns 

17 owned and controlled by women. 

18 (2) The use of practices that resulted in suc19 cessfully awarding contracts to small business con20 cerns owned and controlled by women using the au21 thority under paragraph (2), (7), or (8) of such sec22 tion 8(m). 

23 (3) Such other criteria, as determined by the 

24 Administrator. 


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1 SEC. 17. PARITY FOR CONTRACTING PREFERENCES FOR 

2 SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND 

3 CONTROLLED BY WOMEN. 

4 Section 8127 of title 38, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (h)(3)— 

7 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

9 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

10 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

11 subparagraph: 

12 ‘‘(C) section 8(m) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 

13 637(m)).’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (j)— 

15 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

16 by striking ‘‘Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘appro17 priate congressional committees’’; 

18 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 

19 (4) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 

20 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

21 following new paragraphs: 

22 ‘‘(3) The percentage of and total dollar amount 

23 of all contracts awarded by the Department to small 

24 business concerns owned and controlled by veterans 

25 that are also small business concerns owned and 

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1 ‘‘(4) The percentage of and total dollar amount 

2 of all contracts awarded by the Department to small 

3 business concerns owned and controlled by veterans 

4 with service-connected disabilities that are also small 

5 business concerns owned and controlled by women.’’; 

6 and 

7 (3) in subsection (m), by adding at the end the 

8 following new paragraphs: 

9 ‘‘(5) The term ‘small business concern owned 

10 and controlled by women’ has the meaning given the 

11 term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 

12 U.S.C. 632). 

13 ‘‘(6) The term ‘appropriate congressional com14 mittees’ means— 

15 ‘‘(A) the Committees on Small Business 

16 and Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep17 resentatives; and 

18 ‘‘(B) the Committees on Small Business 

19 and Entrepreneurship and Veterans’ Affairs of 

20 the Senate.’’. 

21 SEC. 18. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

22 Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

23 637(m)) is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

25 (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)’’; and 


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1 (2) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

2 (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)’’. 

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