SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Small Business Contracting Program Improvements 
Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—ENSURING GOVERNMENT CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES 
FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED 
BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS 
Sec. 101. Expanding procurement opportunities. 
Sec. 102. Penalties for misrepresentation. 
Sec. 103. Implementation of Executive Order No. 13360. 
Sec. 104. Priority for severely disabled veterans. 
TITLE II—PROTECTING TAXPAYERS AND ENSURING PROGRAM 
CONSISTENCY 
Sec. 201. Requiring business integrity of small business concerns. 
Sec. 202. Establishment of goals. 
Sec. 203. Small business concern subcontracting policy. 
Sec. 204. Increased size of available contracts. 
Sec. 205. Expanding protest authorization. 
Sec. 206. Prohibition on contract awards to contractors in violation of immigra-
tion laws. 
TITLE III—EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN 
ENTREPRENEURS 
Sec. 301. Implement the women’s procurement program. 
TITLE IV—STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 
Sec. 401. On-site verification. 
Sec. 402. Limitation on construction contracts. 
Sec. 403. Study on effectiveness of HUBZone program in reaching rural areas. 
TITLE V—MODERNIZING THE 8(a) PROGRAM 
Sec. 501. Modernizing the section 8(a) program net worth limitations. 
Sec. 502. Extension of the section 8(a) program term. 
Sec. 503. Report on implementation. 
Sec. 504. Assistance study. 
Sec. 505. Examination of list of groups the members of which are presumed to 
be socially disadvantaged for purposes of small disadvantaged 
business program. 
TITLE VI—OTHER MATTERS
Sec. 601. Affiliation for certain franchises. 
Sec. 602. Sense of the House of Representatives on acquisitions conducted 
under the General Services Administration’s Federal Supply 
Schedule. 
Sec. 603. Study on frivolous protests. 
Sec. 604. Small Business Administration Liaison. 
Sec. 605. Prohibition on business-class or first-class airline travel. 
TITLE 
I—ENSURING 
GOVERN-
MENT CONTRACT OPPORTU-
NITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESS 
CONCERNS OWNED AND CON-
TROLLED 
BY 
SERVICE-DIS-
ABLED VETERANS 
SEC. 101. EXPANDING PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 
(a) SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS.—Section 36(a) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and the con-
tracting officer’’ and all that follows through ‘‘con-
tracting opportunity’’. 
(b) HUBZONE.—Section 31(b)(2)(B) of such Act 
(15 U.S.C. 657a(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘shall’’ 
and inserting ‘‘may’’. 
SEC. 102. PENALTIES FOR MISREPRESENTATION. 
Section 16(d)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 645(d)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘a ‘small busi-
ness concern owned and controlled by service-disabled vet-
erans’,’’ before ‘‘or a ‘small business concern owned and 
controlled by women’ ’’. 
SEC. 103. IMPLEMENTATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 
13360. 
Section 36 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
657f) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(f) IMPLEMENTATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 
13360.—The Administrator shall— 
‘‘(1) provide small business concerns owned and 
controlled by service-disabled veterans with informa-
tion and assistance concerning participation in Fed-
eral contracting; 
‘‘(2) advise and assist other agencies in their 
strategies to expand procurement opportunities for 
such concerns; and 
‘‘(3) make training assistance on Federal con-
tract law, procedures, and practices available to such 
concerns.’’. 
SEC. 104. PRIORITY FOR SEVERELY DISABLED VETERANS. 
In developing regulations to implement section 101, 
the Administrator shall give a priority to those certified 
service-disabled veterans that are severely disabled.
TITLE 
II—PROTECTING 
TAX-
PAYERS AND ENSURING PRO-
GRAM CONSISTENCY 
SEC. 201. REQUIRING BUSINESS INTEGRITY OF SMALL 
BUSINESS CONCERNS. 
Section 8 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(o) REQUIREMENT OF BUSINESS INTEGRITY.—No 
small business concern may receive any benefit under sec-
tion 8(a), 8(m), 31(b)(2)(A), 31(b)(2)(B), 36(a), or 36(b) 
unless the Administrator first performs a background 
check on the owners and officers of such small business 
concern and determines that the owners and officers do 
not lack business integrity. For purposes of such a deter-
mination, previous criminal convictions will create a pre-
sumption of a lack of business integrity.’’. 
SEC. 202. ESTABLISHMENT OF GOALS. 
(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
GOVERNMENT-WIDE 
GOALS.—Section 15(g)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 644(g)(1)) is amended by striking the first sen-
tence and inserting ‘‘The President shall annually estab-
lish Government-wide goals for procurement contracts 
awarded to small business concerns, small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans,
qualified HUBZone small business concerns, small busi-
ness concerns owned and controlled by socially and eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals, small business con-
cerns participating in the program established by section 
8(a), and small business concerns owned and controlled 
by women.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 15 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (g) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) Each agency shall, in consultation with the Ad-
ministrator, establish goals for the usage, as prime con-
tractors, of small business concerns that participate in the 
program under section 8(a).’’; and 
(2) in subsection (h) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) Each prime contractor shall, in consultation 
with the Administrator, establish goals for the usage, as 
subcontractors, of small business concerns that participate 
in the program under section 8(a).’’. 
SEC. 203. SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN SUBCONTRACTING 
POLICY. 
Section 8(d)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
637(d)(1)) is amended by striking the first sentence and 
inserting ‘‘It is the policy of the Unites States that small
business concerns, small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by veterans, small business concerns owned and 
controlled 
by 
service-disabled 
veterans, 
qualifying 
HUBZone small business concerns, small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by socially and economically 
disadvantaged individuals, small business concerns partici-
pating in the program established by section 8(a), and 
small business concerns owned and controlled by women, 
shall have the maximum practicable opportunity to partici-
pate in the performance contracts let by any Federal agen-
cy, including contracts and subcontracts for subsystems, 
assemblies, components, and related services for major 
systems.’’. 
SEC. 204. INCREASED SIZE OF AVAILABLE CONTRACTS. 
(a) 
SECTION
8(a) 
PROGRAM.—Section 
8(a)(1)(D)(i)(II) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
637(a)(1)(D)(i)(II)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$5,500,000’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$5,100,000’’. 
(b) HUBZONE PROGRAM.—Section 31(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of such Act (15 U.S.C. 657a(b)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$5,500,000’’; and