‘‘(iv) The head of a participating agency award-
ing a contract pursuant to clause (ii) shall ensure
that, following completion of a contract awarded
pursuant to clause (ii), any follow-on contract for
the same (or substantially similar) products or serv-
ices will be furnished pursuant to a contract award-
ed under the authority of this subsection.
‘‘(v) For the purposes of this section, the term
‘participating agency’ means any Federal agency, as
defined in section 3(b) of this Act.
‘‘(vi) For the purposes of this section, the term
‘small business’ means a business concern with not
more than 1500 employees.’’.
SEC. 7. STUDY OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PARTICIPA-
TION TERMS BY INDUSTRY SECTOR; SUSPEN-
SION OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM GRADUA-
TIONS.
(a) STUDY.—Section 10 of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 639) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(i) The Administration shall authorize a short-term
study to determine the appropriate program participation
term by industry sector for small business concerns par-
ticipating in the program authorized by section 7(j)(10)
and transmit the results of such study to the President
of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, and the Committees on Small Business of the Senate
and the House of Representatives not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this subsection.’’.
(b) SUSPENSION OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM GRAD-
UATIONS.—Section 7(j)(10)(C) of such Act (15 U.S.C.
636(j)(10)(C)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii);
and
(2) by inserting after clause (i) the following
new clause:
‘‘(ii) A small business concern participating in
any program or activity conducted under the author-
ity of this paragraph or eligible for the award of
contracts pursuant to section 8(a) on October 1,
1992, shall be permitted continued participation and
eligibility in such program or activity until the latter
of—
‘‘(I) 365 days after the date on which final
regulations are issued to implement a law es-
tablishing appropriate terms for participation in
the Program by industry sector based on the
study conducted pursuant to section 10(i); or
‘‘(II) the date on which such participation
and eligibility would otherwise expire pursuant
to the requirements of this subsection.’’.
SEC. 8. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY INDIAN ACT.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a Fed-
eral agency contracts with the Small Business Administra-
tion under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 637(a)) for the acquisition of goods or services to
be supplied by a small business concern owned and con-
trolled by members of an economically disadvantaged In-
dian tribe (or a wholly owned business entity of such tribe)
such acquisition shall be considered to be in compliance
with section 23 of the Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat.
861; 25 U.S.C. 47; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy Indian
Act’’).
SEC. 9. UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOR CONTESTING STATUS
OF CONCERNS.
Section 16 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 645)
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(g) Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this subsection, the Administrator, in co-
operation with participating agencies, shall establish uni-
form procedures for contesting the status of a concern as