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Small Business Administration shall implement the 
plan described in this subsection. 
‘‘(5) CERTIFICATION.—The Administrator shall 
annually provide to the Committee on Small Business 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate a 
certification of the accuracy and completeness of data 
reported on bundled and consolidated contracts.’’. 
(b) GAO STUDY.— 
(1) STUDY.—Not later than the first day of fiscal 
year 2018, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall initiate a study on the effectiveness of the 
plan described in section 15(s) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 644(s)) that shall assess whether con-
tracts were accurately labeled as bundled or consoli-
dated. 
(2) CONTRACTS EVALUATED.—For the purposes 
of conducting the study described in paragraph (1), 
the Comptroller General of the United States— 
(A) shall evaluate, for work in each of sec-
tors 23, 33, 54, and 56 (as defined by the North 
American Industry Classification System), not 
fewer than 100 contracts in each sector; 
(B) shall evaluate only those contracts— 
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(i) awarded by an agency listed in sec-
tion 901(b) of title 31, United States Code; 
and 
(ii) that have a Base and Exercised 
Options Value, an Action Obligation, or a 
Base and All Options Value (as such terms 
are defined in the Federal procurement data 
system described in section 1122(a)(4)(A) of 
title 41, United States Code, or any suc-
cessor system); and 
(C) shall not evaluate contracts that have 
used any set aside authority. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months after 
initiating the study required by paragraph (1), the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall report 
to the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Small Business 
and Entrepreneurship of the Senate on the results 
from such study and, if warranted, any recommenda-
tions on how to improve the quality of data reported 
on bundled and consolidated contracts. 
SEC. 833. NOTICE OF CONTRACT CONSOLIDATION FOR AC-
QUISITION STRATEGIES. 
(a) NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR THE SENIOR PRO-
CUREMENT EXECUTIVE
OR CHIEF ACQUISITION OFFI-
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CER.—Section 44(c)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 657q(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) NOTICE.—Not later than 7 days after 
making a determination that an acquisition 
strategy involving a consolidation of contract re-
quirements is necessary and justified under sub-
paragraph (A), the senior procurement executive 
or Chief Acquisition Officer shall publish a no-
tice on a public website that such determination 
has been made. Any solicitation for a procure-
ment related to the acquisition strategy may not 
be published earlier than 7 days after such notice 
is published. Along with the publication of the 
solicitation, the senior procurement executive or 
Chief Acquisition Officer shall publish a jus-
tification for the determination, which shall in-
clude the information in subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) of paragraph (1).’’. 
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT FOR THE HEAD OF A CON-
TRACTING AGENCY.—Section 15(e)(3) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 644(e)(3)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) STRATEGY SPECIFICATIONS.—If the head of 
a contracting agency determines that an acquisition 
plan for a procurement involves a substantial bun-
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dling of contract requirements, the head of a con-
tracting agency shall publish a notice on a public 
website that such determination has been made not 
later than 7 days after making such determination. 
Any solicitation for a procurement related to the ac-
quisition plan may not be published earlier than 7 
days after such notice is published. Along with the 
publication of the solicitation, the head of a con-
tracting agency shall publish a justification for the 
determination, which shall include following informa-
tion: 
‘‘(A) The specific benefits anticipated to be 
derived from the bundling of contract require-
ments and a determination that such benefits 
justify the bundling. 
‘‘(B) An identification of any alternative 
contracting approaches that would involve a less-
er degree of bundling of contract requirements. 
‘‘(C) An assessment of— 
‘‘(i) the specific impediments to par-
ticipation by small business concerns as 
prime contractors that result from the bun-
dling of contract requirements; and 
‘‘(ii) the specific actions designed to 
maximize participation of small business 
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concerns as subcontractors (including sup-
pliers) at various tiers under the contract or 
contracts that are awarded to meet the re-
quirements.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 44(c)(1) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657q(c)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Subject to paragraph (4), the head’’ and inserting 
‘‘The head’’. 
SEC. 834. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO 
SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES. 
(a) PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS.—Section 8(a)(17) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘any pro-
curement contract’’ and all that follows through ‘‘sec-
tion 15’’ and inserting ‘‘any procurement contract, 
which contract has as its principal purpose the sup-
ply of a product to be let pursuant to this subsection 
or subsection (m), or section 15(a), 31, or 36,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—This paragraph shall not 
apply to a contract that has as its principal purpose 
the acquisition of services or construction.’’. 
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(b) SUBCONTRACTOR CONTRACTS.—Section 46(a)(4) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657s(a)(4)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘for supplies from a regular dealer in such sup-
plies’’ and inserting ‘‘which is principally for supplies from 
a regular dealer in such supplies, and which is not a con-
tract principally for services or construction,’’. 
SEC. 835. REVIEW OF GOVERNMENT ACCESS TO INTELLEC-
TUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF PRIVATE SEC-
TOR FIRMS. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall enter into a contract with an independent entity 
with appropriate expertise to conduct a review of Depart-
ment of Defense regulations and practices related to Govern-
ment access to and use of intellectual property rights of pri-
vate sector firms. The contract shall require that in con-
ducting the review, the independent entity shall consult 
with the National Defense Technology and Industrial Base 
Council (described in section 2502 of title 10, United States 
Code). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2016, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on the findings of the independent entity, along 
with a description of any actions that the Secretary pro-
poses to revise and clarify laws or that the Secretary may 
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take to revise or clarify regulations related to intellectual 
property rights. 
SEC. 836. REQUIREMENT THAT CERTAIN SHIP COMPO-
NENTS 
BE 
MANUFACTURED 
IN 
THE 
NA-
TIONAL 
TECHNOLOGY 
AND 
INDUSTRIAL 
BASE. 
(a) ADDITIONAL PROCUREMENT LIMITATION.—Section 
2534(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) COMPONENTS FOR AUXILIARY SHIPS.—Sub-
ject to subsection (k), the following components: 
‘‘(A) 
Auxiliary 
equipment, 
including 
pumps, for all shipboard services. 
‘‘(B) Propulsion system components, includ-
ing engines, reduction gears, and propellers. 
‘‘(C) Shipboard cranes. 
‘‘(D) Spreaders for shipboard cranes.’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Such section is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) IMPLEMENTATION OF AUXILIARY SHIP COMPO-
NENT LIMITATION.—Subsection (a)(6) applies only with re-
spect to contracts awarded by the Secretary of a military 
department for new construction of an auxiliary ship after 
the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2016 using funds available for Na-
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tional Defense Sealift Fund programs or Shipbuilding and 
Conversion, Navy.’’. 
SEC. 837. POLICY REGARDING SOLID ROCKET MOTORS 
USED IN TACTICAL MISSILES. 
(a) POLICY.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
that every tactical missile program of the Department of 
Defense that uses solid propellant as the primary propul-
sion system shall have at least one rocket motor supplier 
within the national technology and industrial base (as de-
fined in section 2500(1) of title 10, United States Code). 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive subsection (a) 
in the case of compelling national security reasons. 
SEC. 838. FAR COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP FOR ADMINISTRATOR 
OF SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) ADDITION OF ADMINISTRATOR OF SMALL BUSI-
NESS ADMINISTRATION TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGU-
LATORY COUNCIL.—Section 1302(b)(1) of title 41, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C); 
(2) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’ 
at the end of subparagraph (D); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
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‘‘(E) the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such title is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 1303(a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and the Administrator of 
National Aeronautics and Space,’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Administrator of National Aeronautics and 
Space, and the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and the National Aero-
nautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2451 
et seq.),’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Aero-
nautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2451 
et seq.), and the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
631 et seq.),’’; and 
(2) in section 1121(d), by striking ‘‘and the Gen-
eral Services Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
General Services Administration, and the Small 
Business Administration’’. 
SEC. 839. SURETY BOND REQUIREMENTS AND AMOUNT OF 
GUARANTEE. 
(a) SURETY BOND REQUIREMENTS.—Chapter 93 of 
subtitle VI of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘§ 9310. Individual sureties 
‘‘If another applicable law or regulation permits the 
acceptance of a bond from a surety that is not subject to 
sections 9305 and 9306 and is based on a pledge of assets 
by the surety, the assets pledged by such surety shall— 
‘‘(1) consist of eligible obligations described 
under section 9303(a); and 
‘‘(2) be submitted to the official of the Govern-
ment required to approve or accept the bond, who 
shall deposit the assets with a depository described 
under section 9303(b).’’; and 
(2) in the table of contents for such chapter, by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘9310. Individual sureties.’’. 
(b) AMOUNT OF SURETY BOND GUARANTEE FROM 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.—Section 411(c)(1) of 
the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
694b(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘70’’ and inserting 
‘‘90’’. 
(c) COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
STUDY
ON
SURETY 
BONDS.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall carry out a study on the fol-
lowing: 
(A) All instances during the 10-year period 
beginning on January 31, 2006, in which a sur-
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ety bond proposed or issued by a surety in con-
nection with a Federal project was— 
(i) rejected by a Federal contracting of-
ficer; or 
(ii) accepted by a Federal contracting 
officer, but was later found to have been 
backed by insufficient collateral or to be 
otherwise deficient or with respect to which 
the surety did not perform. 
(B) The consequences to the Federal Govern-
ment, subcontractors, and suppliers of the in-
stances described under subparagraph (A). 
(C) The percentages of all Federal contracts 
that were awarded to new startup businesses (in-
cluding new startup businesses that are small 
disadvantaged businesses or disadvantaged busi-
ness enterprises), small disadvantaged businesses, 
and disadvantaged business enterprises as prime 
contractors during— 
(i) the 2-year period beginning on 
January 31, 2014 and ending on January 
31, 2016; and 
(ii) the 2-year period beginning on 
January 31, 2016 and ending on January 
31, 2018. 
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(D) An assessment of the impact of the 
amendments made by this section upon the per-
centages described in subparagraph (C). 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than January 31, 2019, 
the Comptroller General shall issue a report to the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Government Affairs of the Senate containing 
all findings and determinations made in carrying out 
the study required under paragraph (1). 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) DISADVANTAGED
BUSINESS
ENTER-
PRISE.—The term ‘‘disadvantaged business en-
terprise’’ has the meaning given that term under 
section 26.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(B) NEW
STARTUP
BUSINESS.—The term 
‘‘new startup business’’ means a business that 
was formed in the 2-year period ending on the 
date on which the business bids on a Federal 
contract that requires giving a surety bond. 
(C) SMALL
DISADVANTAGED
BUSINESS.— 
The term ‘‘small disadvantaged business’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘socially and economi-
cally disadvantaged small business concern’’ 
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under section 8(a)(4) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 637(a)(4)). 
SEC. 840. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PROCURE-
MENT CENTER REPRESENTATIVES, BUSINESS 
OPPORTUNITY SPECIALISTS, AND COMMER-
CIAL MARKET REPRESENTATIVES. 
(a) PROCUREMENT CENTER REPRESENTATIVE RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Section 15(l)(5)(A)(iii) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 644(l)(5)(A)(iii)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘except that’’ and all that follows through the period 
at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘except that— 
‘‘(I) any person serving in such a 
position on or before January 3, 2013, 
may continue to serve in that position 
for a period of 5 years beginning on 
such date without the required certifi-
cation; and 
‘‘(II) any person hired for such 
position after January 3, 2013, may 
have up to one calendar year from the 
date of employment to obtain the re-
quired certification.’’. 
(b) BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY SPECIALIST REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 633) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR BUSINESS 
OPPORTUNITY
SPECIALISTS.—A Business Opportunity 
Specialist described under section 7(j)(10)(D) shall have a 
Level I Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (or 
any successor certification) or the equivalent Department 
of Defense certification, except that— 
‘‘(1) a Business Opportunity Specialist who was 
serving on or before January 3, 2013, may continue 
to serve as a Business Opportunity Specialist for a 
period of 5 years beginning on such date without such 
a certification; and 
‘‘(2) any person hired as a Business Oppor-
tunity Specialist after January 3, 2013, may have up 
to one calendar year from the date of employment to 
obtain the required certification.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
7(j)(10)(D)(i) 
of 
such 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 
636(j)(10)(D)(i)) is amended by striking the second 
sentence. 
(c) COMMERCIAL
MARKET
REPRESENTATIVE
RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Section 4 of the Small Business Act (15 
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U.S.C. 633), as amended by section 9 of this Act, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMER-
CIAL MARKET REPRESENTATIVES.—A commercial market 
representative referred to in section 15(q)(3) shall have a 
Level I Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (or 
any successor certification) or the equivalent Department 
of Defense certification, except that— 
‘‘(1) a commercial market representative who 
was serving on or before the date of the enactment of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2016 may continue to serve as a commercial 
market representative for a period of 5 years begin-
ning on such date without such a certification; and 
‘‘(2) any person hired as a commercial market 
representative after the date of the enactment of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016 may have up to one calendar year from the date 
of employment to obtain the required certification.’’. 
SEC. 841. INCLUDING SUBCONTRACTING GOALS IN AGENCY 
RESPONSIBILITIES. 
Section 1633(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 
2076; 15 U.S.C. 631 note) is amended by striking ‘‘assume 
responsibility for of the agency’s success in achieving small 
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business contracting goals and percentages’’ and inserting 
‘‘assume responsibility for the agency’s success in achieving 
each of the small business prime contracting and subcon-
tracting goals and percentages’’. 
SEC. 842. MODIFICATIONS TO REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALI-
FIED HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS 
LOCATED IN A BASE CLOSURE AREA. 
(a) PERIOD FOR BASE CLOSURE AREAS.— 
(1) EXTENSION OF PERIOD.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 152(a)(2) of title 
I of division K of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2005 (15 U.S.C. 632 note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘for a period of 5 years’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘for the later of— 
‘‘(A) 8 years from the date of final closure; 
or 
‘‘(B) the date designated by the Adminis-
trator of the Small Business Administration that 
is based on data of the Bureau of the Census ob-
tained from the first decennial census conducted 
after the date of final closure.’’. 
(B) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1698(b)(2) of National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2013 (15 U.S.C. 632 note) is 
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graph (A) of such subsection and inserting 
‘‘an allotment management plan or grazing 
permit or lease’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A) of such sub-
section, by striking ‘‘permit or lease’’ and 
inserting ‘‘allotment management plan, per-
mit, or lease’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B)(i) of such 
subsection, by striking ‘‘lease or permit’’ 
and inserting ‘‘allotment management plan, 
permit, or lease’’; and 
(D) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so 
redesignated, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, with respect to lands within 
National Forests in the sixteen contiguous Western 
States’ and inserting ‘on National Forest System 
land by the Secretary of Agriculture (notwith-
standing, for purposes of this section, the definition 
in section 103(p))’;’’. 
(11) Section 3024 (16 U.S.C. 6214; 128 Stat. 
3764) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (e), by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ‘‘report using 
National Median Price values’’; and 
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