‘‘(E) BUDGET PLAN REVISIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A State receiving 
a grant under this subsection may revise 
the budget plan of the State submitted 
under subparagraph (D) after the dis-
bursal of grant funds if— 
‘‘(I) the revision complies with al-
lowable uses of grant funds under this 
subsection; and 
‘‘(II) such State submits notifica-
tion of the revision to the Associate 
Administrator. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—If a revision under 
clause (i) reallocates 10 percent or more of 
the amounts described in the budget plan 
of the State submitted under subparagraph 
(D), the State may not implement the re-
vised budget plan without the approval of 
the Associate Administrator, unless the As-
sociate Administrator fails to approve or 
deny the revised plan within 10 days after 
receipt of such revised plan.’’. 
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SEC. 18. CONTRACTING AND ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOP-
MENT ASSISTANCE. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to pro-
vide— 
(1) flexibility to small business Federal sup-
pliers and to the Federal Government to more quick-
ly award contracting dollars to small business con-
cerns in times of economic uncertainty and down-
turn related to COVID–19; and 
(2) additional funds to resource partners of the 
Administration, such as small business development 
centers, women’s business centers, and SCORE to 
conduct outreach to small business concerns affected 
by COVID–19, including by increasing their virtual 
outreach capacity. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘contracting officer’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 36(e) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f(e)); 
(2) the term ‘‘covered entity’’ means a small 
business concern that— 
(A) is a party to a contract with a Federal 
agency; and 
(B) experiences an adverse impact to the 
operations of the small business concern as a 
result of COVID–19; 
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(3) the term ‘‘economically disadvantaged 
women-owned small business’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 127.102 of title 13, Code 
of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation; 
(4) the term ‘‘HUBZone small business con-
cern’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
31(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
657a(b)); 
(5) the term ‘‘SCORE’’ means the Service 
Corps of Retired Executives program established 
under section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)); 
(6) the term ‘‘small business concern owned 
and controlled by service-disabled veterans’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 3(q) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)); 
(7) the term ‘‘small business concern owned 
and controlled by women’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 637(m)); 
(8) the term ‘‘small business development cen-
ter’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3(t) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(t)); and 
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(9) the term ‘‘women’s business center’’ means 
a women’s business center described in section 29 of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656). 
(c) 
PROMOTION
OF
SMALL
BUSINESS
CON-
TRACTING.— 
(1) SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING RELIEF.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regu-
lation, during the period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this section and ending on September 
30, 2021, the head of the Federal agency with which 
a covered entity has a contract shall provide the cov-
ered entity with— 
(A) 90 additional days to carry out the re-
sponsibilities of the covered entity under the 
contract; or 
(B) an additional amount of time to carry 
out the responsibilities of the covered entity 
under the contract that the head of the Federal 
agency determines to be appropriate after tak-
ing into consideration the severity of the ad-
verse impact experienced by the covered entity. 
(2) PAYMENT CONTINUATION.—If the perform-
ance of all or any part of the work of a Federal 
goods or services contract in force and effect during 
the period beginning on the date of enactment of 
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this section and ending on September 30, 2021, is 
unavoidably delayed or interrupted by the small 
business contractor employees’ inability to access 
Government facilities, systems, or other Govern-
ment-provided resources due to restrictions related 
to COVID–19 that have been imposed by any au-
thority or due to orders or instructions issued by the 
Contracting Agency in response to COVID–19, the 
Government shall pay the small business contractor, 
upon the submission of the documentation required 
by the contract and according to the terms specified 
in the contract, the prices stipulated in the contract 
for goods or services as if the small business con-
tractor had rendered and the Government accepted 
the goods or services. Contractor delivery schedules 
shall be revised and small business contractors shall 
be eligible for equitable adjustments based on the re-
vised schedules. 
(3) TEMPORARY SOLE-SOURCE AWARD PARITY 
AMONG CONTRACTING PROGRAMS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law or regulation, during the 
period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
section and ending on September 30, 2021, with re-
spect to a small business concern owned and con-
trolled by women, an economically disadvantaged 
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women-owned small business, a HUBZone small 
business concern, or a small business concern owned 
and controlled by service-disabled veterans, a con-
tracting officer may award a sole source contract to 
the small business concern if the anticipated award 
price of the contract will not exceed the maximum 
permissible amount for the contract, as provided 
under the applicable provision of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.), as amended by this 
subsection. 
(4) INCREASING SOLE SOURCE CAPS.— 
(A) QUALIFIED
HUBZONE
SMALL
BUSI-
NESS
CONCERNS.—Section 31(c)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the 
Small 
Business 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 
657a(c)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended— 
(i) in subclause (I), by striking 
‘‘$5,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 
(ii) in subclause (II), by striking 
‘‘$3,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$8,000,000’’. 
(B) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED 
AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED VET-
ERANS.—Section 36(a)(2) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 657f(a)(2)) is amended— 
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(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘$5,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘$3,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$8,000,000’’. 
(C) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED 
AND CONTROLLED BY SOCIALLY AND ECONOMI-
CALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS.—Section 
8(a)(1)(D)(i)(II) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 637(a)(1)(D)(i)(II)) is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$8,000,000’’. 
(D) CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS 
OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY WOMEN.—Section 
8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
637(m)) is amended— 
(i) in paragraph (7)(B)— 
(I) in clause (i), by striking 
‘‘$6,500,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 
(II) in clause (ii), by striking 
‘‘$4,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$8,000,000’’; and 
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(ii) in paragraph (8)(B)— 
(I) in clause (i), by striking 
‘‘$6,500,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 
(II) in clause (ii), by striking 
‘‘$4,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$8,000,000’’. 
(5) PROMPT
PAYMENTS
OF
SMALL
BUSINESS 
CONTRACTORS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or regulation, during the period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of this section and 
until the invocation of the Defense Production Act 
on March 18, 2020, by the President is repealed or 
rescinded— 
(A) for a prime contractor (as defined in 
section 8701 of title 41) that is a small busi-
ness concern (as defined in section 3 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)), require 
that the head of an agency, to the fullest extent 
permitted by law and to the maximum extent 
practicable, establish an accelerated payment 
date of 15 days after receipt of a proper invoice 
for the amount due; and 
(B) for a prime contractor that sub-
contracts with a small business concern, require 
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that the head of an agency, to the fullest extent 
permitted by law and to the maximum extent 
practicable, establish an accelerated payment 
date of 15 days after receipt of a proper invoice 
for the amount due if the prime contractor 
agrees to make payments to the subcontractor 
in accordance with the accelerated payment 
date, to the maximum extent practicable, with-
out any further consideration from or fees 
charged to the subcontractor. 
(6) 8(a) EXTENSION.—The Administrator of 
the Small Business Administration shall allow a par-
ticipant in the program established under section 
8(a) of the Small Business Act on the date of enact-
ment of this section to extend such participation by 
a period of 1 year. 
SEC. 19. RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN LANGUAGES OTHER 
THAN ENGLISH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration shall provide resources and serv-
ices to small business concerns (as defined under section 
3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) in the 10 
most commonly spoken languages, other than English, in 
the United States, which shall include Mandarin, Can-
tonese, Japanese, and Korean. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration $25,000,000 to carry out 
this section. 
SEC. 20. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PER-
SONNEL. 
There is authorized to be appropriated $200,000,000 
to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
for purposes of hiring staff to carry out the requirements 
of this Act. 
Æ 
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