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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5929 

To amend the Small Business Act to provide for small business concerns 

located in the United States Virgin Islands, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2018 

Ms. CLARKE of New York (for herself, Ms. PLASKETT, and Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Small Business 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act to provide for small business concerns located in the United States Virgin Islands, 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 ‘‘United States Virgin 

5 Islands Small Business Contracting Assistance Act of 

6 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS 

2 BUSINESS. 

3 Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) 

4 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub5 section: 

6 ‘‘(ee) UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS BUSINESS.— 

7 In this Act, the term ‘United States Virgin Islands busi8 ness’ means a small business concern that has its principal 

9 office located in the United States Virgin Islands.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT FOR UNITED STATES VIR11 GIN ISLANDS BUSINESSES. 

12 Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) 

13 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub14 section: 

15 ‘‘(w) SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT FOR UNITED STATES

16 VIRGIN ISLANDS BUSINESSES.— 

17 ‘‘(1) CREDIT FOR MEETING CONTRACTING

18 GOALS.—If an agency awards a prime contract to 

19 United States Virgin Islands business during the pe20 riod beginning on the date of enactment of this sub21 section and ending on the date that is 4 years after 

22 such date of enactment, the value of the contract 

23 shall be doubled for purposes of determining compli24 ance with the goals for procurement contracts under 

25 subsection (g)(1)(A)(i) during such period. 


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1 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Along with the report required 

2 under subsection (h)(1), the head of each Federal 

3 agency shall submit to the Administrator, and make 

4 publicly available on the scorecard described in sec5 tion 868(b) of the National Defense Authorization 

6 Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (15 U.S.C. 644 note), an 

7 analysis of the number and dollar amount of prime 

8 contracts awarded pursuant to paragraph (1) for 

9 each fiscal year of the period described in such para10 graph.’’. 

11 SEC. 4. PRIORITY FOR SURPLUS PROPERTY TRANSFERS. 

12 Section 7(j)(13)(F) of the Small Business Act (15 

13 U.S.C. 636(j)(13)(F)) is amended by adding at the end 

14 the following new clause: 

15 ‘‘(iii)(I) In this clause, the term ‘covered period’ 

16 means the period beginning on the date of enact17 ment of this clause and ending on the date that is 

18 3 years after such date of enactment. 

19 ‘‘(II) The Administrator may transfer tech20 nology or surplus property under clause (i) to a 

21 United States Virgin Islands business during the 

22 covered period if the such business meets the re23 quirements for such a transfer, without regard to 

24 whether such business is a Program Participant.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. CONTRACTING INCENTIVES FOR PROTEGE FIRMS 

2 THAT ARE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS 

3 BUSINESSES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 45(a) of the Small Busi5 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 657r(a)) is amended by adding at 

6 the end the following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(3) UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS BUSI8 NESSES.—During the period beginning on the date 

9 of enactment of this paragraph and ending on the 

10 date that is 3 years after such date of enactment, 

11 the Administrator shall identify potential incentives 

12 to a covered mentor that awards a subcontract to its 

13 covered protege, including— 

14 ‘‘(A) positive consideration in any past per15 formance evaluation of the covered mentor; 

16 ‘‘(B) the application of costs incurred for 

17 providing training to such covered protege to 

18 the subcontracting plan (as required under 

19 paragraph (4) or (5) of section 8(d)) of the cov20 ered mentor; and 

21 ‘‘(C) such other incentives as the Adminis22 trator determines appropriate.’’. 

23 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 45(d) of the Small Busi24 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 657r(d)) is amended by adding at 

25 the end the following new paragraphs: 


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1 ‘‘(4) COVERED MENTOR.—The term ‘covered 

2 mentor’ means a mentor that enters into an agree3 ment under this Act, or under any mentor-protege 

4 program approved under subsection (b)(1), with a 

5 covered protege. 

6 ‘‘(5) COVERED PROTEGE.—The term ‘covered 

7 protege’ means a protege of a covered mentor that 

8 is a United States Virgin Islands business.’’. 

9 SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL MENTOR-PROTEGE RELATIONSHIPS 

10 FOR PROTEGE FIRMS THAT ARE UNITED 

11 STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS BUSINESSES. 

12 Section 45(b)(3)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 

13 U.S.C. 657r(b)(3)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, except 

14 that, during the 3-year period beginning on the date of 

15 the enactment of the United States Virgin Islands Small 

16 Business Contracting Assistance Act of 2018, such re17 strictions shall not apply to up to 2 mentor-protege rela18 tionships if such relationships are between a covered pro19 tege and covered mentor’’ after ‘‘each participant’’. 

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