623 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A procurement center 
representative assigned under this subsection 
shall— 
‘‘(i) be a full-time employee of the Ad-
ministration; 
‘‘(ii) be fully qualified, technically 
trained, and familiar with the goods and 
services procured by the major procurement 
center to which that representative is as-
signed; and 
‘‘(iii) have a Level III Federal Acquisi-
tion Certification in Contracting (or any 
successor certification) or the equivalent De-
partment of Defense certification, except 
that any person serving in such a position 
on the date of enactment of this clause may 
continue to serve in that position for a pe-
riod of 5 years without the required certifi-
cation.’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘(C) The 
Administration shall establish personnel positions for 
breakout procurement representatives and advisers as-
signed pursuant to’’ and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(B) COMPENSATION.—The Administrator 
shall establish personnel positions for procure-
ment center representatives assigned under’’. 
(g) MAJOR PROCUREMENT CENTER DEFINED.—Sec-
tion 15(l)(6) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 644(l)(6)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(6) For purposes’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(6) MAJOR PROCUREMENT CENTER DEFINED.— 
For purposes’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘other than commercial items 
and which has the potential to incur significant sav-
ings as the result of the placement of a breakout pro-
curement center representative’’ and inserting ‘‘goods 
or services, including goods or services that are com-
mercially available’’. 
(h) TRAINING.—Section 15(l)(7) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(l)(7)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the paragraph enumerator and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(7) TRAINING.—’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION.—At such times as 
the Administrator deems appropriate, a procure-
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ment center representative shall provide training 
for contracting officers, other appropriate per-
sonnel of the procurement center to which such 
representative is assigned, and small businesses 
groups seeking to do business with such procure-
ment center. Such training shall acquaint the 
participants with the provisions of this sub-
section and shall instruct the participants in 
methods designed to further the purposes of this 
subsection. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—A procurement center 
representative may provide training under sub-
paragraph (A) only to the extent that the train-
ing does not interfere with the representative car-
rying out other activities under this subsection.’’; 
and 
(3) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(B) The breakout procure-
ment center representative’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) ANNUAL BRIEFING AND REPORT.—A pro-
curement center representative’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘sixty’’ and inserting ‘‘60’’. 
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SEC. 1622. SMALL BUSINESS ACT CONTRACTING REQUIRE-
MENTS TRAINING. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this part, the Defense Acquisition Uni-
versity and the Federal Acquisition Institute shall each pro-
vide a course on contracting requirements under the Small 
Business Act, including the requirements for small business 
concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, 
qualified HUBZone small business concerns, small business 
concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically 
disadvantaged individuals, and small business concerns 
owned and controlled by women. 
(b) COURSE REQUIRED.—To have a Federal Acquisi-
tion Certification in Contracting (or any successor certifi-
cation) or the equivalent Department of Defense certifi-
cation an individual shall be required to complete the course 
established under subsection (a). 
(c) REQUIREMENT THAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY 
SPECIALISTS BE CERTIFIED.—Section 7(j)(10)(D)(i) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(j)(10)(D)(i)) is amend-
ed by inserting after ‘‘to assist such Program Participant.’’ 
the following: ‘‘The Business Opportunity Specialist shall 
have a Level I Federal Acquisition Certification in Con-
tracting (or any successor certification) or the equivalent 
Department of Defense certification, except that a Business 
Opportunity Specialist serving at the time of the date of 
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enactment of the Small Business Opportunity Act of 2012 
may continue to serve as a Business Opportunity Specialist 
for a period of 5 years beginning on that date of enactment 
without such a certification.’’. 
(d) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 365 days after the 
date of enactment of this part, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct a study and submit a report 
to the Committee on Small Business of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Small Business and En-
trepreneurship of the Senate on the relationship between the 
size and quality of the acquisition workforce and the Fed-
eral government’s ability to maximize the utilization of 
small businesses in Federal procurement. The report shall 
specifically address the following: 
(1) The extent to which training on small busi-
ness contracting laws affects a contracting officer’s de-
termination to use one of the contracting authorities 
provided in the Small Business Act. 
(2) The relationship between a robust Federal ac-
quisition workforce and small business success in ob-
taining Federal contracting opportunities. 
(3) The effect on economic growth if small busi-
nesses experienced a significant reduction in small 
business procurement activities. 
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(4) The effect of the anticipated acceleration of 
retirements by the acquisition workforce on small 
business procurement opportunities. 
SEC. 1623. ACQUISITION PLANNING. 
Section 15(e)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(e)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the various agencies’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a Federal department or agency’’; and 
(2) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘and 
each such Federal department or agency shall— 
‘‘(A) enumerate opportunities for the par-
ticipation of small business concerns during all 
acquisition planning processes and in all acqui-
sition plans; 
‘‘(B) invite the participation of the appro-
priate Director of Small and Disadvantaged 
Business Utilization in all acquisition planning 
processes and provide that Director access to all 
acquisition plans in development; and 
‘‘(C) invite the participation of the appro-
priate procurement center representative in all 
acquisition planning processes and provide that 
representative access to all acquisition plans in 
development.’’. 
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PART 
II 
—GOALS 
FOR 
PROCUREMENT 
CON-
TRACTS AWARDED TO SMALL BUSINESS CON-
CERNS 
SEC. 1631. GOALS FOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS AWARD-
ED TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 15(g) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)) is amended by striking the sub-
section enumerator and inserting the following: 
‘‘(g) GOALS FOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS AWARD-
ED TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.—’’. 
(b) GOVERNMENTWIDE GOALS.—Paragraph (1) of sec-
tion 15(g) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(1) GOVERNMENTWIDE GOALS.—The President 
shall annually establish Governmentwide goals for 
procurement contracts awarded to small business con-
cerns, small business concerns owned and controlled 
by service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone 
small business concerns, small business concerns 
owned and controlled by socially and economically 
disadvantaged individuals, and small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by women in accordance 
with the following: 
‘‘(A) The Governmentwide goal for partici-
pation by small business concerns shall be estab-
lished at not less than 25 percent of the total 
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paragraph (A), the disagreement shall be 
submitted to the Administrator for Federal 
Procurement Policy for final determination. 
‘‘(iii) AGENCY GOALS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE.—In the case of a goal 
proposed by the Secretary of Defense that is 
lower than a goal established during the 
preceding fiscal year for the Department of 
the Defense and for which the Adminis-
trator does not agree, the disagreement shall 
be submitted to the Administrator for Fed-
eral Procurement Policy for final deter-
mination. 
‘‘(D) PLAN FOR ACHIEVING GOALS.—After 
establishing goals under subparagraph (A) for a 
fiscal year, the head of each Federal agency shall 
develop a plan for achieving such goals, which 
shall apportion responsibilities among the agen-
cy’s acquisition executives and officials. 
‘‘(E) EXPANDED PARTICIPATION.—In estab-
lishing goals under subparagraph (A), the head 
of each Federal agency shall make a consistent 
effort to annually expand participation by small 
business concerns from each industry category in 
procurement contracts of such agency, including 
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participation by small business concerns owned 
and controlled by service-disabled veterans, 
qualified HUBZone small business concerns, 
small business concerns owned and controlled by 
socially and economically disadvantaged indi-
viduals, and small business concerns owned and 
controlled by women. 
‘‘(F) CONSIDERATION.—The head of each 
Federal agency, in attempting to attain ex-
panded participation under subparagraph (E), 
shall consider— 
‘‘(i) contracts awarded as the result of 
unrestricted competition; and 
‘‘(ii) contracts awarded after competi-
tion restricted to eligible small business con-
cerns under this section and under the pro-
gram established under section 8(a). 
‘‘(G) COMMUNICATION REGARDING GOALS.— 
‘‘(i) 
IMPORTANCE
OF
ACHIEVING 
GOALS.—Each procurement employee or 
program manager described in clause (ii) 
shall communicate to the subordinates of the 
procurement employee or program manager 
the importance of achieving goals estab-
lished under subparagraph (A). 
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‘‘(ii) PROCUREMENT
EMPLOYEES
OR 
PROGRAM MANAGERS DESCRIBED.—A pro-
curement employee or program manager de-
scribed in this clause is a senior procure-
ment executive, senior program manager, or 
Director of Small and Disadvantaged Busi-
ness Utilization of a Federal agency having 
contracting authority.’’. 
(d) ENFORCEMENT; DETERMINATIONS OF THE TOTAL 
VALUE OF CONTRACT AWARDS.—Section 15(g) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)), as amended by this part, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ENFORCEMENT.—If the Administrator does 
not issue the report required in subsection (h)(2) on 
or before the date that is 120 days after the end of 
the prior fiscal year, the Administrator may not 
carry out or establish any pilot program until the 
date on which the Administrator issues the report. 
‘‘(4) DETERMINATIONS OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF 
CONTRACT AWARDS.—For purposes of the goals estab-
lished under paragraphs (1) and (2), the total value 
of contract awards for a fiscal year may not be deter-
mined in a manner that excludes the value of a con-
tract based on— 
‘‘(A) where the contract is awarded; 
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‘‘(B) where the contract is performed; 
‘‘(C) whether the contract is mandated by 
Federal law to be performed by an entity other 
than a small business concern; 
‘‘(D) whether funding for the contract is 
made available in an appropriations Act, if the 
contract is subject to competitive procedures 
under chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code; 
or 
‘‘(E) whether the contract is subject to the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation.’’. 
SEC. 1632. REPORTING ON GOALS FOR PROCUREMENT CON-
TRACTS AWARDED TO SMALL BUSINESS CON-
CERNS. 
Subsection (h) of section 15 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 644) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(h) REPORTING ON GOALS FOR PROCUREMENT CON-
TRACTS AWARDED TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.— 
‘‘(1) AGENCY
REPORTS.—At the conclusion of 
each fiscal year, the head of each Federal agency shall 
submit to the Administrator a report describing— 
‘‘(A) the extent of the participation by small 
business concerns, small business concerns owned 
and controlled by veterans (including service-dis-
abled veterans), qualified HUBZone small busi-
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ness concerns, small business concerns owned and 
controlled by socially and economically dis-
advantaged individuals, and small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by women in the pro-
curement contracts of such agency during such 
fiscal year; 
‘‘(B) whether the agency achieved the goals 
established for the agency under subsection 
(g)(2)(A) with respect to such fiscal year; and 
‘‘(C) any justifications for a failure to 
achieve such goals. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS
BY
ADMINISTRATOR.—Not later 
than 60 days after receiving a report from each Fed-
eral agency under paragraph (1) with respect to a fis-
cal year, the Administrator shall submit to the Presi-
dent and Congress, and to make available on a public 
website, a report that includes— 
‘‘(A) a copy of each report submitted to the 
Administrator under paragraph (1); 
‘‘(B) a determination of whether each goal 
established by the President under subsection 
(g)(1) for such fiscal year was achieved; 
‘‘(C) a determination of whether each goal 
established by the head of a Federal agency 
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under subsection (g)(2)(A) for such fiscal year 
was achieved; 
‘‘(D) the reasons for any failure to achieve 
a goal established under paragraph (1) or (2)(A) 
of subsection (g) for such fiscal year and a de-
scription of actions planned by the applicable 
agency to address such failure, including the Ad-
ministrator’s comments and recommendations on 
the proposed remediation plan; 
‘‘(E) for the Federal Government and each 
Federal agency, an analysis of the number and 
dollar amount of prime contracts awarded dur-
ing such fiscal year to— 
‘‘(i) small business concerns— 
‘‘(I) in the aggregate; 
‘‘(II) through sole source con-
tracts; 
‘‘(III) through competitions re-
stricted to small business concerns; and 
‘‘(IV) through unrestricted com-
petition; 
‘‘(ii) small business concerns owned 
and controlled by service-disabled vet-
erans— 
‘‘(I) in the aggregate; 
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‘‘(II) through sole source con-
tracts; 
‘‘(III) through competitions re-
stricted to small business concerns; 
‘‘(IV) through competitions re-
stricted to small business concerns 
owned and controlled by service-dis-
abled veterans; and 
‘‘(V) through unrestricted com-
petition; 
‘‘(iii) qualified HUBZone small busi-
ness concerns— 
‘‘(I) in the aggregate; 
‘‘(II) through sole source con-
tracts; 
‘‘(III) through competitions re-
stricted to small business concerns; 
‘‘(IV) through competitions re-
stricted to qualified HUBZone small 
business concerns; 
‘‘(V) through unrestricted com-
petition where a price evaluation pref-
erence was used; and 
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‘‘(VI) through unrestricted com-
petition where a price evaluation pref-
erence was not used; 
‘‘(iv) small business concerns owned 
and controlled by socially and economically 
disadvantaged individuals— 
‘‘(I) in the aggregate; 
‘‘(II) through sole source con-
tracts; 
‘‘(III) through competitions re-
stricted to small business concerns; 
‘‘(IV) through competitions re-
stricted to small business concerns 
owned and controlled by socially and 
economically disadvantaged individ-
uals; 
‘‘(V) through unrestricted com-
petition; and 
‘‘(VI) by reason of that concern’s 
certification as a small business owned 
and controlled by socially and eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals; 
‘‘(v) small business concerns owned by 
an Indian tribe other than an Alaska Na-
tive Corporation— 
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‘‘(I) in the aggregate; 
‘‘(II) through sole source con-
tracts; 
‘‘(III) through competitions re-
stricted to small business concerns; 
‘‘(IV) through competitions re-
stricted to small business concerns 
owned and controlled by socially and 
economically disadvantaged individ-
uals; and 
‘‘(V) through unrestricted com-
petition; and 
‘‘(vi) small business concerns owned by 
Native Hawaiian Organization— 
‘‘(I) in the aggregate; 
‘‘(II) through sole source con-
tracts; 
‘‘(III) through competitions re-
stricted to small business concerns; 
‘‘(IV) through competitions re-
stricted to small business concerns 
owned and controlled by socially and 
economically disadvantaged individ-
uals; and 
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‘‘(V) through unrestricted com-
petition; and 
‘‘(vii) small business concerns owned 
by an Alaska Native Corporation— 
‘‘(I) in the aggregate; 
‘‘(II) through sole source con-
tracts; 
‘‘(III) through competitions re-
stricted to small business concerns; 
‘‘(IV) through competitions re-
stricted to small business concerns 
owned and controlled by socially and 
economically disadvantaged individ-
uals; and 
‘‘(V) through unrestricted com-
petition; and 
‘‘(viii) small business concerns owned 
and controlled by women— 
‘‘(I) in the aggregate; 
‘‘(II) through competitions re-
stricted to small business concerns; 
‘‘(III) through competitions re-
stricted using the authority under sec-
tion 8(m)(2); 
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