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(II) section 1698(b)(2) of National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2013 (15 U.S.C. 632 note); and 
(ii) a base closure area relating to the 
closure of a military instillation under the 
authority described in clauses (i) through 
(iv) of section 3(p)(4)(D) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(4)(D)) that oc-
curs on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) ELIGIBLE AREA FOR EMPLOYEE RESIDENCE FOR 
BASE CLOSURE HUBZONES.—Section 3(p)(5)(A)(i)(I) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(5)(A)(i)(I)) is 
amended— 
(1) in item (aa), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(2) by redesignating item (bb) as item (cc); and 
(3) by inserting after item (aa) the following 
new item: 
‘‘(bb) pursuant to subpara-
graph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) of 
paragraph (3), that its principal 
office is located within a base clo-
sure area and that not fewer than 
35 percent of its employees reside 
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in such base closure area or in 
another HUBZone; or’’. 
(c) EXPANSION OF AREA INCLUDED IN BASE AREA 
CLOSURE DEFINITION.—Section 3(p)(4)(D) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(4)(D)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(2) by redesignating clauses (i) through (iv) as 
subclauses (I) through (IV), respectively; 
(3) in the matter preceding subclause (I), as so 
redesignated, by striking ‘‘means lands within’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘means— 
‘‘(i) lands within’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(ii) lands within 25 miles of the ex-
ternal boundaries of a military installation 
described in clause (i), excluding any such 
lands that are not within a qualified non-
metropolitan county.’’. 
SEC. 843. JOINT VENTURING AND TEAMING. 
(a) JOINT VENTURE OFFERS FOR BUNDLED OR CON-
SOLIDATED CONTRACTS.—Section 15(e)(4) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(e)(4)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
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‘‘(4) CONTRACT TEAMING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a solici-
tation of offers for a bundled or consolidated con-
tract that is issued by the head of an agency, a 
small business concern that provides for use of a 
particular team of subcontractors or a joint ven-
ture of small business concerns may submit an 
offer for the performance of the contract. 
‘‘(B) EVALUATION OF OFFERS.—The head of 
the agency shall evaluate an offer described in 
subparagraph (A) in the same manner as other 
offers, with due consideration to the capabilities 
of all of the proposed subcontractors or members 
of the joint venture as follows: 
‘‘(i) TEAMS.—When evaluating an 
offer of a small business prime contractor 
that includes a proposed team of small busi-
ness subcontractors, the head of the agency 
shall consider the capabilities and past per-
formance of each first tier subcontractor 
that is part of the team as the capabilities 
and past performance of the small business 
prime contractor. 
‘‘(ii) JOINT VENTURES.—When evalu-
ating an offer of a joint venture of small 
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business concerns, if the joint venture does 
not have sufficient capabilities or past per-
formance to be considered for award of a 
contract opportunity, the head of the agency 
shall consider the capabilities and past per-
formance of each member of the joint ven-
ture as the capabilities past performance of 
the joint venture. 
‘‘(C) STATUS AS A SMALL BUSINESS CON-
CERN.—Participation of a small business con-
cern in a team or a joint venture under this 
paragraph shall not affect the status of that con-
cern as a small business concern for any other 
purpose.’’. 
(b) TEAM AND JOINT VENTURES OFFERS FOR MUL-
TIPLE AWARD CONTRACTS.—Section 15(q)(1) of such Act 
(15 U.S.C. 644(q)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND
JOINT 
VENTURE’’ before ‘‘REQUIREMENTS’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Each Federal agency’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal agency’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
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‘‘(B) TEAMS.—When evaluating an offer of 
a small business prime contractor that includes 
a proposed team of small business subcontractors 
for any multiple award contract above the sub-
stantial bundling threshold of the Federal agen-
cy, the head of the agency shall consider the ca-
pabilities and past performance of each first tier 
subcontractor that is part of the team as the ca-
pabilities and past performance of the small 
business prime contractor. 
‘‘(C) JOINT
VENTURES.—When evaluating 
an offer of a joint venture of small business con-
cerns for any multiple award contract above the 
substantial bundling threshold of the Federal 
agency, if the joint venture does not have suffi-
cient capabilities or past performance to be con-
sidered for award of a contract opportunity, the 
head of the agency shall consider the capabilities 
and past performance of each member of the 
joint venture as the capabilities and past per-
formance of the joint venture.’’. 
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Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 851. ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DIRECTOR OF 
OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION. 
(a) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY.—Section 139 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), 
(g), (h), (i), (j), and (k) as subsections (d), (e), (f), 
(g), (h), (i), (j), (k), and (l), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) The Director shall consider the potential for in-
creases in program cost estimates or delays in schedule esti-
mates in the implementation of policies, procedures, and 
activities related to operational test and evaluation and 
shall take appropriate action to ensure that operational test 
and evaluation activities do not unnecessarily increase pro-
gram costs or impede program schedules.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
196(c)(1)(A)(ii) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 139(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 139(k)’’. 
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