SEC. 705. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 411 of the Women’s Business Ownership Act
of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘SEC. 410. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this title $1,000,000, for each of fiscal
years 2001 through 2003, of which $550,000 shall be
available in each such fiscal year to carry out section 409.
‘‘(b) BUDGET REVIEW.—No amount made available
under this section for any fiscal year may be obligated or
expended by the Council before the date on which the
Council reviews and approves the operating budget of the
Council to carry out the responsibilities of the Council for
that fiscal year.’’.
TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SEC. 801. LOAN APPLICATION PROCESSING.
(a) STUDY.—The Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration shall conduct a study to determine
the average time that the Administration requires to proc-
ess an application for each type of loan or loan guarantee
made under the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et
seq.).
(b) TRANSMITTAL.—Not later than 1 year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall
transmit to Congress the results of the study conducted
under subsection (a).
SEC. 802. APPLICATION OF OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENTS.
(a) SMALL BUSINESS ACT.—Section 7(a) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(30) OWNERSHIP
REQUIREMENTS.—Owner-
ship requirements to determine the eligibility of a
small business concern that applies for assistance
under any credit program under this Act shall be de-
termined without regard to any ownership interest of
a spouse arising solely from the application of the
community property laws of a State for purposes of
determining marital interests.’’.
(b) SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT ACT OF 1958.—
Section 502 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958
(15 U.S.C. 696) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(6) OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENTS.—Ownership
requirements to determine the eligibility of a small
business concern that applies for assistance under
any credit program under this title shall be deter-
mined without regard to any ownership interest of a
spouse arising solely from the application of the
community property laws of a State for purposes of
determining marital interests.’’.
SEC. 803. SUBCONTRACTING PREFERENCE FOR VETERANS.
Section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
637(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘small busi-
ness concerns owned and controlled by veterans,’’
after ‘‘small business concerns,’’ the first place that
term appears in each of the first and second sen-
tences;
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting
‘‘small business concerns owned and controlled
by service-disabled veterans,’’ after ‘‘small busi-
ness concerns owned and controlled by vet-
erans,’’ in each of the first and second sen-
tences; and
(B) in subparagraph (F), by inserting
‘‘small business concern owned and controlled
by service-disabled veterans,’’ after ‘‘small busi-
ness concern owned and controlled by vet-
erans,’’; and
(3) in each of paragraphs (4)(D), (4)(E),
(6)(A), (6)(C), (6)(F), and (10)(B), by inserting
‘‘small business concerns owned and controlled by
service-disabled veterans,’’ after ‘‘small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by veterans,’’.
SEC. 804. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER PRO-
GRAM FUNDING.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 20(a)(1) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 1985’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘expended.’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘For fiscal year 2000 and each fiscal year
thereafter, there are authorized to be appropriated
such sums as may be necessary and appropriate, to
remain available until expended, and to be available
solely—
‘‘(A) to carry out the Small Business Develop-
ment Center Program under section 21, but not to
exceed the annual funding level, as specified in sec-
tion 21(a);
‘‘(B) to pay the expenses of the National Small
Business Development Center Advisory Board, as
provided in section 21(i);
‘‘(C) to pay the expenses of the information
sharing system, as provided in section 21(c)(8);
‘‘(D) to pay the expenses of the association re-
ferred to in section 21(a)(3)(A) for conducting the
certification 
program, 
as 
provided 
in 
section
21(k)(2); and
‘‘(E) to pay the expenses of the Administration,
including salaries of examiners, for conducting ex-
aminations as part of the certification program con-
ducted by the association referred to in section
21(a)(3)(A).’’.
(2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 20(a) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 note) is
amended by moving the margins of paragraphs (3)
and (4), including subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
paragraph (4), 2 ems to the left.
(b) FUNDING FORMULA.—Section 21(a)(4)(C) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(a)(4)(C)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(C) FUNDING FORMULA.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause (iii),
the amount of a formula grant received by a
State under this subparagraph shall be equal to
an amount determined in accordance with the
following formula:
‘‘(I) The annual amount made avail-
able under section 20(a) for the Small
Business Development Center Program,
less any reductions made for expenses au-
thorized by clause (v) of this subpara-
graph, shall be divided on a pro rata basis,
based on the percentage of the population
of each State, as compared to the popu-
lation of the United States.
‘‘(II) If the pro rata amount cal-
culated under subclause (I) for any State
is less than the minimum funding level
under clause (iii), the Administration shall
determine the aggregate amount necessary
to achieve that minimum funding level for
each such State.
‘‘(III) The aggregate amount cal-
culated under subclause (II) shall be de-
ducted from the amount calculated under
subclause (I) for States eligible to receive
more than the minimum funding level. The
deductions shall be made on a pro rata
basis, based on the population of each such
State, as compared to the total population
of all such States.
‘‘(IV) The aggregate amount deducted
under subclause (III) shall be added to the
grants of those States that are not eligible
to receive more than the minimum funding
level in order to achieve the minimum
funding level for each such State, except
that the eligible amount of a grant to any
State shall not be reduced to an amount
below the minimum funding level.
‘‘(ii) 
GRANT
DETERMINATION.—The
amount of a grant that a State is eligible to
apply for under this subparagraph shall be the
amount determined under clause (i), subject to
any modifications required under clause (iii),
and shall be based on the amount available for
the fiscal year in which performance of the
grant commences, but not including amounts
distributed in accordance with clause (iv). The
amount of a grant received by a State under
any provision of this subparagraph shall not ex-
ceed the amount of matching funds from
sources other than the Federal Government, as
required under subparagraph (A).
‘‘(iii) MINIMUM
FUNDING
LEVEL.—The
amount of the minimum funding level for each
State shall be determined for each fiscal year
based on the amount made available for that
fiscal year to carry out this section, as follows:
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‘‘(I) If the amount made available is
not less than $81,500,000 and not more
than $90,000,000, the minimum funding
level shall be $500,000.
‘‘(II) If the amount made available is
less than $81,500,000, the minimum fund-
ing level shall be the remainder of
$500,000 minus a percentage of $500,000
equal to the percentage amount by which
the amount made available is less than
$81,500,000.
‘‘(III) If the amount made available is
more than $90,000,000, the minimum
funding level shall be the sum of $500,000
plus a percentage of $500,000 equal to the
percentage amount by which the amount
made available exceeds $90,000,000.
‘‘(iv) DISTRIBUTIONS.—Subject to clause
(iii), if any State does not apply for, or use, its
full funding eligibility for a fiscal year, the Ad-
ministration shall distribute the remaining
funds as follows:
‘‘(I) If the grant to any State is less
than the amount received by that State in
fiscal year 2000, the Administration shall
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distribute such remaining funds, on a pro
rata basis, based on the percentage of
shortage of each such State, as compared
to the total amount of such remaining
funds available, to the extent necessary in
order to increase the amount of the grant
to the amount received by that State in fis-
cal year 2000, or until such funds are ex-
hausted, whichever first occurs.
‘‘(II) If any funds remain after the
application of subclause (I), the remaining
amount may be distributed as supple-
mental grants to any State, as the Admin-
istration determines, in its discretion, to be
appropriate, after consultation with the as-
sociation 
referred 
to 
in 
subsection
(a)(3)(A).
‘‘(v) USE OF AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts
made available in any fiscal year to carry
out this section—
‘‘(aa) not more than $500,000
may be used by the Administration to
pay expenses enumerated in subpara-
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graphs (B) through (D) of section
20(a)(1); and
‘‘(bb) not more than $500,000
may be used by the Administration to
pay the examination expenses enumer-
ated in section 20(a)(1)(E).
‘‘(II) LIMITATION.—No funds de-
scribed in subclause (I) may be used for
examination 
expenses 
under 
section
20(a)(1)(E) if the usage would reduce the
amount of grants made available under
clause (i)(I) of this subparagraph to less
than $85,000,000 (after excluding any
amounts provided in appropriations Acts
for specific institutions or for purposes
other than the general small business de-
velopment center program) or would fur-
ther reduce the amount of such grants
below such amount.
‘‘(vi) EXCLUSIONS.—Grants provided to a
State by the Administration or another Federal
agency to carry out subsection (a)(6) or
(c)(3)(G), or for supplemental grants set forth
in clause (iv)(II) of this subparagraph, shall not
be included in the calculation of maximum
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SEC. 806. SIZE STANDARDS.
(a) INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATIONS.—Section 15(a) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(a)) is amended
in the eighth sentence, by striking ‘‘four-digit standard’’
and all that follows through ‘‘published’’ and inserting
‘‘definition of a ‘United States industry’ under the North
American Industry Classification System, as established’’.
(b) ANNUAL RECEIPTS.—Section 3(a)(1) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(1)) is amended by
striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$750,000’’.
SEC. 807. NATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATIONS UNDER SEC-
TION 8(a).
Section 8(a)(15)(A) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 637(a)(15)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) is a nonprofit corporation that has filed
articles of incorporation with the director (or the
designee thereof) of the Hawaii Department of Com-
merce and Consumer Affairs, or any successor agen-
cy,’’.
SEC. 808. NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION CORRECTION.
Section 33(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
657c(k)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
following:
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Cor-
poration to carry out this section—
‘‘(A) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
‘‘(B) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2002;
‘‘(C) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; and
‘‘(D) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘2001’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2002’’; and
(3) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘2002 or
2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2003 or 2004’’.
SEC. 809. PRIVATE SECTOR RESOURCES FOR SCORE.
Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)) is amended by adding at the end
the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, SCORE may solicit cash and in-kind contributions
from the private sector to be used to carry out its func-
tions under this Act, and may use payments made by the
Administration pursuant to this subparagraph for such so-
licitation.’’.
SEC. 810. CONTRACT DATA COLLECTION.
Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644)
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
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‘‘(p) DATABASE, ANALYSIS, AND ANNUAL REPORT
WITH RESPECT TO BUNDLED CONTRACTS.—
‘‘(1) BUNDLED CONTRACT DEFINED.—In this
subsection, the term ‘bundled contract’ has the
meaning given such term in section 3(o)(1).
‘‘(2) DATABASE.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this
subsection, the Administrator of the Small
Business Administration shall develop and shall
thereafter maintain a database containing data
and information regarding—
‘‘(i) each bundled contract awarded by
a Federal agency; and
‘‘(ii) each small business concern that
has been displaced as a prime contractor
as a result of the award of such a contract.
‘‘(3) ANALYSIS.—For each bundled contract
that is to be recompeted as a bundled contract, the
Administrator shall determine—
‘‘(A) the amount of savings and benefits
(in accordance with subsection (e)) achieved
under the bundling of contract requirements;
and
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‘‘(B) whether such savings and benefits
will continue to be realized if the contract re-
mains bundled, and whether such savings and
benefits would be greater if the procurement re-
quirements were divided into separate solicita-
tions suitable for award to small business con-
cerns.
‘‘(4) ANNUAL
REPORT
ON
CONTRACT
BUN-
DLING.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this para-
graph, and annually in March thereafter, the
Administration shall transmit a report on con-
tract bundling to the Committees on Small
Business of the House of Representatives and
the Senate.
‘‘(B) 
CONTENTS.—Each 
report 
trans-
mitted under subparagraph (A) shall include—
‘‘(i) data on the number, arranged by
industrial classification, of small business
concerns displaced as prime contractors as
a result of the award of bundled contracts
by Federal agencies; and
‘‘(ii) a description of the activities
with respect to previously bundled con-
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tracts of each Federal agency during the
preceding year, including—
‘‘(I) data on the number and
total dollar amount of all contract re-
quirements that were bundled; and
‘‘(II) with respect to each bun-
dled contract, data or information
on—
‘‘(aa) the justification for
the bundling of contract require-
ments;
‘‘(bb) the cost savings real-
ized by bundling the contract re-
quirements over the life of the
contract;
‘‘(cc) the extent to which
maintaining the bundled status
of contract requirements is pro-
jected to result in continued cost
savings;
‘‘(dd) the extent to which
the bundling of contract require-
ments complied with the con-
tracting agency’s small business
subcontracting 
plan, 
including
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the total dollar value awarded to
small business concerns as sub-
contractors and the total dollar
value previously awarded to small
business concerns as prime con-
tractors; and
‘‘(ee) the impact of the bun-
dling of contract requirements on
small business concerns unable to
compete as prime contractors for
the 
consolidated 
requirements
and on the industries of such
small business concerns, includ-
ing a description of any changes
to the proportion of any such in-
dustry that is composed of small
business concerns.
‘‘(5) ACCESS TO DATA.—
‘‘(A) FEDERAL PROCUREMENT DATA SYS-
TEM.—To assist in the implementation of this
section, the Administration shall have access to
information collected through the Federal Pro-
curement Data System.
‘‘(B) 
AGENCY
PROCUREMENT
DATA
SOURCES.—To assist in the implementation of
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this section, the head of each contracting agen-
cy shall provide, upon request of the Adminis-
tration, 
procurement 
information 
collected
through 
existing 
agency 
data 
collection
sources.’’.
SEC. 811. PROCUREMENT PROGRAM FOR WOMEN-OWNED
SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.
Section 8 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(m) PROCUREMENT PROGRAM FOR WOMEN-OWNED
SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the fol-
lowing definitions apply:
‘‘(A) CONTRACTING OFFICER.—The term
‘contracting officer’ has the meaning given such
term in section 27(f )(5) of the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C.
423(f )(5)).
‘‘(B) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN OWNED
AND
CONTROLLED
BY
WOMEN.—The term
‘small business concern owned and controlled by
women’ has the meaning given such term in
section 3(n), except that ownership shall be de-
termined without regard to any community
property law.
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‘‘(2) AUTHORITY TO RESTRICT COMPETITION.—
In accordance with this subsection, a contracting of-
ficer may restrict competition for any contract for
the procurement of goods or services by the Federal
Government to small business concerns owned and
controlled by women, if—
‘‘(A) each of the concerns is not less than
51 percent owned by one or more women who
are economically disadvantaged (and such own-
ership is determined without regard to any
community property law);
‘‘(B) the contracting officer has a reason-
able expectation that two or more small busi-
ness concerns owned and controlled by women
will submit offers for the contract;
‘‘(C) the contract is for the procurement of
goods or services with respect to an industry
identified by the Administrator pursuant to
paragraph (3);
‘‘(D) the anticipated award price of the
contract (including options) does not exceed—
‘‘(i) $5,000,000, in the case of a con-
tract assigned an industrial classification
code for manufacturing; or
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‘‘(ii) $3,000,000, in the case of all
other contracts;
‘‘(E) in the estimation of the contracting
officer, the contract award can be made at a
fair and reasonable price; and
‘‘(F) each of the concerns—
‘‘(i) is certified by a Federal agency,
a State government, or a national certi-
fying entity approved by the Adminis-
trator, as a small business concern owned
and controlled by women; or
‘‘(ii) certifies to the contracting officer
that it is a small business concern owned
and controlled by women and provides ade-
quate documentation, in accordance with
standards established by the Administra-
tion, to support such certification.
‘‘(3) WAIVER.—With respect to a small busi-
ness concern owned and controlled by women, the
Administrator may waive subparagraph (2)(A) if the
Administrator determines that the concern is in an
industry in which small business concerns owned
and controlled by women are substantially underrep-
resented.
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‘‘(4) IDENTIFICATION
OF
INDUSTRIES.—The
Administrator shall conduct a study to identify in-
dustries in which small business concerns owned and
controlled by women are underrepresented with re-
spect to Federal procurement contracting.
‘‘(5) ENFORCEMENT; PENALTIES.—
‘‘(A) VERIFICATION
OF
ELIGIBILITY.—In
carrying out this subsection, the Administrator
shall establish procedures relating to—
‘‘(i) the filing, investigation, and dis-
position by the Administration of any chal-
lenge to the eligibility of a small business
concern to receive assistance under this
subsection (including a challenge, filed by
an interested party, relating to the veracity
of a certification made or information pro-
vided to the Administration by a small
business concern under paragraph (2)(F));
and
‘‘(ii) verification by the Administrator
of the accuracy of any certification made
or information provided to the Administra-
tion by a small business concern under
paragraph (2)(F).
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‘‘(B) EXAMINATIONS.—The procedures es-
tablished under subparagraph (A) may provide
for program examinations (including random
program examinations) by the Administrator of
any small business concern making a certifi-
cation or providing information to the Adminis-
trator under paragraph (2)(F).
‘‘(C) PENALTIES.—In addition to the pen-
alties described in section 16(d), any small busi-
ness concern that is determined by the Admin-
istrator to have misrepresented the status of
that concern as a small business concern owned
and controlled by women for purposes of this
subsection, shall be subject to—
‘‘(i) section 1001 of title 18, United
States Code; and
‘‘(ii) sections 3729 through 3733 of
title 31, United States Code.
‘‘(6) PROVISION OF DATA.—Upon the request
of the Administrator, the head of any Federal de-
partment or agency shall promptly provide to the
Administrator such information as the Adminis-
trator determines to be necessary to carry out this
subsection.’’.
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