‘‘(A) a solicitation to obtain offers for a sin-
gle contract or order, or a multiple award con-
tract or order; 
‘‘(B) a solicitation of offers for the issuance 
of a task or a delivery order under an existing 
single or multiple award contract or order; or 
‘‘(C) the creation of any new procurement 
requirement that permits a consolidation of con-
tract or order requirements. 
‘‘(4) DOLLAR
THRESHOLD.—The term ‘dollar 
threshold’ means— 
‘‘(A) $65,000,000, if solely for construction 
services; and 
‘‘(B) $1,500,000, in all other cases. 
‘‘(5) EXEMPTED REQUIREMENTS.—The term ‘ex-
empted requirement’ means one or more of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) A procurement requirement solely for 
items that are not commercial items (as the term 
‘commercial item’ is defined in section 4(12) of 
the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 
U.S.C. 403(12))). 
‘‘(B) A procurement requirement with re-
spect to which a determination that it is unsuit-
able for award to a small business concern has 
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previously been made by the agency. However, 
the Administrator shall have authority to review 
and reverse such a determination for purposes of 
this paragraph and, if the Administrator does 
reverse that determination, the term ‘exempted 
requirement’ shall not apply to that procurement 
requirement. 
‘‘(6) PROCUREMENT
REQUIREMENT.—The term 
‘procurement requirement’ means a determination by 
an agency that a specified good or service is needed 
to satisfy the mission of the agency.’’. 
SEC. 102. JUSTIFICATION. 
Section 15(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘is in a quantity or estimated 
dollar value the magnitude of which renders small 
business prime contract participation unlikely’’ and 
inserting ‘‘would now be combined with other require-
ments for goods and services’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(2) why delivery schedules’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(2) the names, addresses and size of the in-
cumbent contract holders; (3) a description of the in-
dustries that might be interested in bidding on the 
contract requirements; (4) the number of small busi-
nesses listed in the industry categories that could be 
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excluded from future bidding if the contract is com-
bined or packaged; (5) why delivery schedules’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘(3) why the proposed acquisi-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘(6) why the proposed acquisi-
tion’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘(4) why construction’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(7) why construction’’; 
(5) by striking ‘‘(5) why the agency’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(8) why the agency’’; 
(6) by striking ‘‘justified.’’ and inserting ‘‘justi-
fied. The statement shall also set forth the proposed 
procurement strategy required by subsection (e) and, 
if applicable, the specifications required by subsection 
(e)(3). Concurrently, the statement shall be made 
available to the public, including through dissemina-
tion in the Federal contracting opportunities data-
base.’’; and 
(7) by inserting after ‘‘prime contracting oppor-
tunities.’’ the following: ‘‘If no notification of the pro-
curement and accompanying statement is received, 
but the Administrator determines that there is cause 
to believe the contract combines requirements or a 
contract (single or multiple award) or task or deliv-
ery order for construction services or includes unjusti-
fied bundling, then the Administrator can demand 
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that such a statement of work goods or services be 
completed by the procurement activity and sent to the 
Procurement Center Representative and the solicita-
tion process postponed for at least 10 days to allow 
the Administrator to review the statement and make 
recommendations as described in this section before 
the procurement is continued.’’. 
SEC. 103. APPEALS. 
Section 15(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘If a proposed procurement in-
cludes in its statement’’ and inserting ‘‘If a proposed 
procurement would negatively affect one or more 
small business concerns, or if a proposed procurement 
includes in its statement’’; and 
(2) by inserting before ‘‘Whenever the Adminis-
tration and the contracting procurement agency fail 
to agree,’’ the following: ‘‘If a small business concern 
would be adversely affected, directly or indirectly, by 
the procurement as proposed, and that small business 
concern or a trade association on behalf of that small 
business concern so requests, the Administrator may, 
in the Administrator’s discretion, take action to fur-
ther the interests of that small business concern.’’. 
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SEC. 104. THIRD-PARTY REVIEW. 
Section 15(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(a)) is amended by striking the sentence beginning 
‘‘Whenever the Administration and the contracting procure-
ment agency fail to agree,’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘Whenever the Administrator and the contracting procure-
ment agency fail to agree, the Administrator shall submit 
the matter to the Administrator of the Office of Federal Pro-
curement Policy within the Office of Management and 
Budget, who shall render his decision regarding the matter 
not later than 10 days after receiving the matter.’’. 
TITLE II—INCREASING THE NUM-
BER 
OF 
SMALL 
BUSINESS 
CONTRACTS 
AND 
SUB-
CONTRACTS 
SEC. 201. SMALL BUSINESS GOAL. 
Section 15(g)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘23 percent’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘30 percent’’. 
SEC. 202. INCLUDE OVERSEAS CONTRACTS IN SMALL BUSI-
NESS GOAL. 
Section 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) The procurement goals required by this subsection 
apply to all procurement contracts, without regard to 
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whether the contract is for work within or outside the 
United States.’’. 
SEC. 203. ANNUAL GOAL NEGOTIATION. 
Section 15(g)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘The President shall an-
nually establish Government-wide goals for procurement 
contracts’’ and inserting ‘‘The President shall before the 
close of each fiscal year establish new Government-wide pro-
curement goals for the following fiscal year for procurement 
contracts’’. 
SEC. 204. GOAL REASONABLENESS. 
Section 15(g)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding the 
Government-wide goal, each agency shall have an annual 
goal’’ and inserting ‘‘Each agency shall have an annual 
goal, not lower than the Government-wide goal,’’. 
SEC. 205. USAGE OF SMALL COMPANIES IN GOAL ACHIEVE-
MENT. 
Section 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection and subsection (h), 
a small business concern shall be counted toward one addi-
tional category goal only, even if that small business con-
cern otherwise qualifies under more than one category goal. 
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