‘‘(4) Small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by socially and economically disadvantaged 
individuals. 
‘‘(5) Small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by women. 
‘‘(6) Small business concerns. 
‘‘(s) SPECIFIED SUBCATEGORIES OF SMALL BUSI-
NESS CONCERNS.—For purposes of this Act, each speci-
fied category of small business concerns described in para-
graphs (1) through (5) of subsection (r) is a specified sub-
category of small business concerns.’’. 
SEC. 7. UNIFORM APPLICATION OF DEFINITIONS OF SPECI-
FIED CATEGORIES AND SUBCATEGORIES OF 
SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) Section 8(d)(1) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 637(d)(1)) is amended—
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘small 
business concerns’’ the first place it appears 
and all that follows through ‘‘women,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘each specified category of small busi-
ness concerns’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘small business concerns’’ the first place it ap-
pears and all that follows through ‘‘women’’
and inserting ‘‘each specified category of small 
business concerns’’. 
(2) Paragraphs (4)(D), (4)(E), (6)(C), (6)(F), 
and (10)(B) of section 8(d) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) are each amended by strik-
ing ‘‘small business concerns’’ the first place it ap-
pears and all that follows through ‘‘women’’ and in-
serting ‘‘each specified category of small business 
concerns’’. 
(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of section 15(h) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(h)) are 
each amended by striking ‘‘small business concerns’’ 
the first place it appears and all that follows 
through ‘‘women’’ and inserting ‘‘each specified cat-
egory of small business concerns’’. 
(4) Section 16(d)(1) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 645(d)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘as a 
‘small business concern’ ’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘women’,’’ and inserting ‘‘as being part of 
any specified category of small business concerns’’. 
(5) Section 16(e) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 645(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘as a ‘small 
business concern’ ’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘women’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘as being part of any speci-
fied category of small business concerns’’.
(b) APPLICATION TO CONTRACT CLAUSES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(d)(3) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)) is amended—
(A) in the first and second sentences of 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘small business 
concerns’’ the first place it appears in each sen-
tence and all that follows through ‘‘women’’ and 
inserting ‘‘each specified category of small busi-
ness concerns’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraphs (C), (D), 
(E), (F), and (G); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(C) As used in this contract, the term 
‘specified category of small business concerns’ 
has the meaning given such term pursuant to 
section 3 of the Small Business Act and rel-
evant regulations promulgated thereto. 
‘‘(D) The contractor shall presume that so-
cially and economically disadvantaged individ-
uals include Black Americans, Hispanic Ameri-
cans, Native Americans, Asian Pacific Ameri-
cans, other minorities, and any other individual 
found to be disadvantaged by the Administra-
tion pursuant to section 8(a) of the Small Busi-
ness Act. 
‘‘(E) Contractors acting in good faith may 
rely on written representations by their sub-
contractors regarding their status as being part 
of any specified category of small business con-
cerns.’’. 
(2) DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN 
OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SOCIALLY AND ECO-
NOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS.—Section 
3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(t) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN OWNED AND CON-
TROLLED BY SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVAN-
TAGED INDIVIDUALS.—For purposes of this Act: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘small business 
concern owned and controlled by socially and eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals’ means a small 
business concern—
‘‘(A) which is at least 51 percent owned by 
one or more socially and economically disadvan-
taged individuals; or, in the case of any publicly 
owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock
of which is owned by one or more socially and 
economically disadvantaged individuals; and 
‘‘(B) whose management and daily busi-
ness operations are controlled by one or more of 
such individuals.’’. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION OF DEFINITION BY PERSONS 
OTHER
THAN
THE
ADMINISTRATION.—Any indi-
vidual or entity (other than the Administration) 
shall presume for purposes of carrying out any pro-
gram that socially and economically disadvantaged 
individuals include Black Americans, Hispanic 
Americans, Native Americans, Asian Pacific Ameri-
cans, other minorities, and any other individual 
found to be disadvantaged by the Administration 
pursuant to section 8(a).’’. 
(3) TREATMENT OF REFERENCES TO DEFINI-
TIONS.—Any reference in a law, regulation, or other 
document of the United States to the meaning or 
definition given to the term ‘‘small business concern 
owned and controlled by socially and economically 
disadvantaged individuals’’, ‘‘small business concern 
owned and controlled by women’’, ‘‘small business 
concern owned and controlled by veterans’’, or 
‘‘qualified HUBZone small business concern’’ in sec-
tion 8(d)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
637(d)(3)) (as in effect on the day before the date 
of the enactment of this Act) shall be treated as a 
reference to the meaning or definition given such 
term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (as 
amended by this Act).
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