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tier in an amount equal to the total dollar value of 
any subcontracts awarded to such prote´ge´ firm. 
‘‘(3) A prote´ge´ firm may receive technical, man-
agerial, financial, or any other mutually agreed upon 
benefit from a mentor firm, including a subcontract 
award. 
‘‘(f) REPORTING.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the head of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Busi-
ness Utilization shall submit to the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs and the Com-
mittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the 
Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security and the 
Committee on Small Business of the House of Representa-
tives a report that— 
‘‘(1) identifies each agreement between a men-
tor firm and a prote´ge´ firm entered into under this 
section, including the number of prote´ge´ firm par-
ticipants that are— 
‘‘(A) small business concerns; 
‘‘(B) small business concerns owned and 
controlled by veterans; 
‘‘(C) small business concerns owned and 
controlled by service-disabled veterans; 
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‘‘(D) qualified HUBZone small business 
concerns; 
‘‘(E) small business concerns owned and 
controlled by socially and economically dis-
advantaged individuals; 
‘‘(F) small business concerns owned and 
controlled by women; 
‘‘(G) historically Black colleges and univer-
sities; and 
‘‘(H) minority institutions of higher edu-
cation; 
‘‘(2) describes the type of assistance provided 
by mentor firms to prote´ge´ firms; 
‘‘(3) identifies contracts within the Department 
in which a mentor firm serving as the prime con-
tractor provided subcontracts to a prote´ge´ firm 
under the Program; and 
‘‘(4) assesses the degree to which there has 
been— 
‘‘(A) an increase in the technical capabili-
ties of prote´ge´ firms; and 
‘‘(B) an increase in the quantity and esti-
mated value of prime contract and subcontract 
awards to prote´ge´ firms for the period covered 
by the report. 
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‘‘(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to limit, diminish, impair, or other-
wise affect the authority of the Department to participate 
in any program carried out by or requiring approval of 
the Small Business Administration or adopt or follow any 
regulation or policy that the Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration may promulgate, except that, to 
the extent that any provision of this section (including 
subsection (h)) conflicts with any other provision of law, 
regulation, or policy, this section shall control. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘historically Black college or 
university’ means any of the historically Black col-
leges and universities referred to in section 2323 of 
title 10, United States Code, as in effect on March 
1, 2018. 
‘‘(2) MENTOR FIRM.—The term ‘mentor firm’ 
means a for-profit business concern that is not a 
small business concern that— 
‘‘(A) has the ability to assist and commits 
to assisting a prote´ge´ to compete for Federal 
prime contracts and subcontracts; and 
‘‘(B) satisfies any other requirements im-
posed by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(3) MINORITY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.—The term ‘minority institution of higher 
education’ means an institution of higher education 
with a student body that reflects the composition 
specified in section 312(b) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(b)). 
‘‘(4) PROTE´GE´ FIRM.—The term ‘prote´ge´ firm’ 
means a small business concern, a historically Black 
college or university, or a minority institution of 
higher education that— 
‘‘(A) is eligible to enter into a prime con-
tract or subcontract with the Department; and 
‘‘(B) satisfies any other requirements im-
posed by the Secretary. 
‘‘(5) SMALL BUSINESS ACT DEFINITIONS.—The 
terms ‘small business concern’, ‘small business con-
cern owned and controlled by veterans’, ‘small busi-
ness concern owned and controlled by service-dis-
abled veterans’, ‘qualified HUBZone small business 
concern’, ‘and small business concern owned and 
controlled by women’ have the meanings given such 
terms, respectively, under section 3 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). The term ‘small busi-
ness concern owned and controlled by socially and 
economically disadvantaged individuals’ has the 
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meaning given such term in section 8(d)(3)(C) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)(C)).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
890A the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 890B. Mentor-prote´ge´ program.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 20, 2021. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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