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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3444 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3444

      To require small business training for contracting officers.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 27 (legislative day, May 26), 2010

 Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mr. Cardin, and Ms. Landrieu) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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                                 A BILL

 
      To require small business training for contracting officers.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Training in Federal 
Contracting Certification Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS TRAINING.

    Section 37(f)(3) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 
(41 U.S.C. 433(f)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``For each career path,'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) In general.--For each career path,''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Certification program.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Administrator shall 
                        establish a certification program for 
                        acquisition personnel. The certification 
                        program shall be carried out through the 
                        Federal Acquisition Institute.
                            ``(ii) Small business training.--The 
                        certification program under this subparagraph 
                        shall include training regarding--
                                    ``(I) small business government 
                                contracting set-aside programs, 
                                including--
                                            ``(aa) programs for HUBZone 
                                        small business concerns, small 
                                        business concerns owned and 
                                        controlled by service-disabled 
                                        veterans, and small business 
                                        concerns owned and controlled 
                                        by women (as those terms are 
                                        defined in section 3 of the 
                                        Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
                                        632));
                                            ``(bb) programs for 
                                        socially and economically 
                                        disadvantaged small business 
                                        concerns (as defined in section 
                                        8(a) of the Small Business Act 
                                        (15 U.S.C. 637(a))); and
                                            ``(cc) contracting under 
                                        the Small Business Innovation 
                                        Research Program and the Small 
                                        Business Technology Transfer 
                                        Program (as those terms are 
                                        defined in section 9(e) of the 
                                        Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
                                        638(e)));
                                    ``(II) determining small business 
                                size standards and using North American 
                                Industry Classification System codes in 
                                relation to contracting set-aside 
                                programs and subcontracting goals; and
                                    ``(III) any other issue relating to 
                                contracting with small business 
                                concerns (as defined under section 3 of 
                                the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) 
                                determined appropriate by the 
                                Administrator.''.
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