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SEC. 7002. SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTING PLANS.
Section 8 of the Small Business Act, Public Law 85–
536, 72 Stat. 395, as amended (15 U.S.C. 637), is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (c) by deleting ‘‘[Reserved].’’
and inserting the following in lieu thereof:
‘‘(c) Provision of Utility Services under Tariff with-
out entering into Contracts; Small business subcontracting
plans. It is the policy of the United States that small busi-
ness concerns, small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by socially and economically disadvantaged individ-
uals and small business concerns owned and controlled by
women shall have a maximum practicable opportunity to
participate in the provision of public utility services to
Federal agencies under section 210(a)(19) of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. Any
public utility that provides utility services in excess of
$500,000 to the Federal Government in a twelve month
period shall, within 60 days thereafter, submit a small
business subcontracting plan to the agency receiving the
service for approval. If multiple agencies are receiving
service, the plans shall be submitted to the General Serv-
ices Administration. The plan shall include the same basic
elements as required by subsection (d)(6).’’; and
(2) by inserting, at the end of subsection
8(d)(7), the following: ‘‘or to State or local govern-
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ments acting as contractors if the state or local gov-
ernment provides a description of its own similar
program and the contracting officer makes a deter-
mination, after consultation with the Administration,
that the State or local program serves the same pur-
pose as the Federal plan outlined in paragraph (6)’’.
SEC. 7003. REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON NUMBER OF
SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACT AWARDS.
Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644)
is amended in subsection (h)(2)—
(1) by striking out ‘‘number and’’ in paragraph
(E); and
(2) by amending paragraph (F) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(F) The number and dollar value of prime
contracts and the dollar value of subcontracts
awarded to small business concerns owned and
controlled by women.’’.
SEC. 7004. REPEAL OF SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
(a) REPEAL.—The Small Business Competitiveness
Demonstration Program Act of 1988, as amended (15
U.S.C. 644 note) is repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 15 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) is amended—
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(1) by redesignating subsection 15(a) as
15(a)(1);
(2) by adding to subsection 15(a) the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(2) Each contract opportunity in construction,
refuse and related services, and non-nuclear ship repair
that has an anticipated value greater than the simplified
acquisition threshold shall be solicited on an unrestricted
basis. If an agency fails to attain at least a 40 percent
small business participation rate in the above industries,
subsequent contract opportunities should be solicited
through a competition restricted to eligible small business
concerns pursuant to section 15(a) of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 644(a)) to the extent necessary for such
agency to attain the above rate. Nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed as precluding an award of a contract
under the authority of subsection 8(a) of this Act, section
2323 of title 10, United States Code, or section 7102 of
the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994.’’.
(3) by striking out the words, ‘‘section 712 of the
Business Opportunity Development Reform Act of
1988 (Public Law 100–656; 15 U.S.C. 644 note)’’
in subsection (j)(3).
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SEC. 7005. REPEAL OF PROGRAM FOR MANUFACTURING
CONTRACTS THROUGH MANUFACTURING AP-
PLICATION AND EDUCATION CENTERS.
Section 303 of the Public Law 103–403 is repealed.
SEC. 7006. REPEAL OF PILOT PROGRAM FOR VERY SMALL
BUSINESS CONCERNS.
Section 304 of Public Law 103–403 is repealed.
Subtitle B—Socioeconomic Laws
SEC. 7101. REPEAL OF WALSH-HEALEY PUBLIC CONTRACTS
ACT.
The Act of June 30, 1936 (41 U.S.C. 35 through
45), commonly known as the Walsh-Healey Act, is re-
pealed.
SEC. 
7102. 
PROCUREMENT 
REPORT—RESOURCE 
CON-
SERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT.
Section 6002(g) of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6962(g)) is amended—
(1) in the second sentence by inserting a period
after ‘‘resources’’ and striking all that follows; and
(2) by inserting the following new third sen-
tence: ‘‘Every two years beginning in 1996, the Ad-
ministrator shall report to Congress on actions taken
by Federal agencies and the progress made in the
implementation of this section, including compliance
with subsection (d) of this section.’’.
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SEC. 7103. REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION AND VER-
IFICATION.
Section 6962 of title 42, United States Code (42
U.S.C. 6962), is amended—
(1) by striking subparagraph (3) of paragraph
(c) in its entirety; and
(2) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(B), in subsection (i)(2), striking paragraph (C) in
its entirety, and redesignating paragraph (D) as
paragraph (C).
TITLE VIII—DEFENSE INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
SEC. 8001. COMPETITIVENESS OF UNITED STATES COMPA-
NIES.
Section 2761 of title 22, United States Code, is
amended—
(a) by adding the word ‘‘and’’ to the end of
subparagraph (e)(1)(A);
(b) by striking out subparagraph (e)(1)(B) in
its entirety;
(c) by redesignating the existing subparagraph
(e)(1)(C) as (e)(1)(B);
(d) by striking out paragraph (e)(2) in its en-
tirety; and