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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2582 

To establish a pilot program to assist in expanding and diversifying the 

business of small business concerns that rely on amounts awarded for 

Federal contracts and subcontracts. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 10, 2014 

Mr. UDALL of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was read twice 

and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 

A BILL 

To establish a pilot program to assist in expanding and 

diversifying the business of small business concerns that 

rely on amounts awarded for Federal contracts and subcontracts. 

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 ‘‘American Diversifica5 tion and Progress in Trade Act of 2014’’ or the ‘‘ADAPT 

6 Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act— 


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1 (1) the terms ‘‘Administration’’ and ‘‘Adminis2 trator’’ mean the Small Business Administration 

3 and the Administrator thereof, respectively; 

4 (2) the term ‘‘covered small business concern’’ 

5 means a small business concern for which the major6 ity of the business of the small business concern con7 sists of amounts awarded under Federal contracts 

8 and subcontracts; 

9 (3) the term ‘‘pilot program’’ means the pilot 

10 program established under section 3(a); 

11 (4) the terms ‘‘small business concern’’, ‘‘small 

12 business concern owned and controlled by service13 disabled veterans’’, ‘‘small business concern owned 

14 and controlled by women’’, and ‘‘small business de15 velopment center’’ have the meanings given those 

16 terms under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 

17 U.S.C. 632); 

18 (5) the term ‘‘socially and economically dis19 advantaged small business concern’’ has the mean20 ing given that term under section 8(a)(4)(A) of the 

21 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(4)(A)); and 

22 (6) the term ‘‘women’s business center’’ means 

23 a women’s business center described in section 29 of 

24 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656). 


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1 SEC. 3. PILOT PROGRAM. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

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

4 establish a pilot program to assist in expanding and diver5 sifying the business of covered small business concerns, 

6 particularly in geographic areas, including rural areas, 

7 where amounts awarded for Federal contracts and sub8 contracts are a significant driver of the economy in that 

9 area. 

10 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the pilot pro11 gram, the Administrator shall— 

12 (1) create services and materials that provide 

13 best practices, strategies, and other information on 

14 expanding and diversifying the customer base of a 

15 covered small business concern; 

16 (2) make available on a regular basis and 

17 throughout the United States the services provided 

18 under the American Supplier Initiative of the Ad19 ministration, including at small business develop20 ment centers and women’s business centers; and 

21 (3) create a website for businesses that contract 

22 with the Federal Government, including covered 

23 small business concerns and medium-sized busi24 nesses, to easily access information on expanding 

25 and diversifying the customer base of the business. 


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1 (c) TERMINATION.—The pilot program shall termi2 nate on the date that is 2 years after the date on which 

3 the pilot program is established. 

4 (d) REPORTS.— 

5 (1) STATUS OF PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later 

6 than 18 months after the date on which the Admin7 istrator establishes the pilot program, the Adminis8 trator shall submit to Congress a report on the sta9 tus of the pilot program. 

10 (2) ADMINISTRATION EFFORTS.—Not later 

11 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 

12 the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report 

13 on how the Administration is addressing the need 

14 for covered small business concerns to expand and 

15 diversify business during periods of decline in 

16 amounts appropriated for Federal contracting, in17 cluding an analysis of how such declines would im18 pact growth among covered small business concerns, 

19 particularly covered small business concerns that are 

20 small business concerns owned and controlled by 

21 service-disabled veterans, small business concerns 

22 owned and controlled by women, and socially and 

23 economically disadvantaged small business concerns. 

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