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after the effective date of this section, the Administrator 
shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs that transfers control and ad-
ministration of the program under subsections (e) through 
(g) of section 8127 of title 38, United States Code, to the 
Administrator, consistent with the following: 
‘‘(1) Not later than 270 days after completing 
the memorandum of understanding, the Adminis-
trator shall make rules to carry out the memorandum. 
If the Administrator does not make such rules by such 
date, the Administrator may not exercise the author-
ity under section 7(a)(25)(A) until such time as those 
rules are made. 
‘‘(2) The Administrator shall assume authority 
and responsibility for maintenance and operation of 
the database and for verifications under the program. 
Any verifications undertaken by the Administrator 
shall employ fraud prevention measures at the time of 
the initial application, through detection and moni-
toring processes after initial acceptance, by inves-
tigating allegations of potential fraud, removing firms 
that do not quality from the database, and referring 
cases for prosecution when appropriate. 
‘‘(3) Any appeal by a small business concern, at 
the time that verification is denied or a contract is 
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awarded, of any determination under the program 
shall be heard by the Office of Hearings and Appeals 
of the Small Business Administration. 
‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary shall, for a period of 6 
years commencing on a date agreed to in the com-
pleted memorandum, reimburse to the Administrator 
of the Small Business Administration any costs in-
curred by the Administrator for actions undertaken 
pursuant to the memorandum from fees collected by 
the Secretary of Veteran Affairs under multiple- 
award schedule contracts. The Administrator and the 
Secretary shall endeavor to ensure maximum effi-
ciency in such actions. Any disputes between the Sec-
retary and the Administrator shall be resolved by the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary and the Administrator may 
extend the term of the memorandum of under-
standing, except for the reimbursement requirement 
under subparagraph (A). The Secretary and the Ad-
ministrator may in a separate memorandum of un-
derstanding provide for an extension of such reim-
bursement. 
‘‘(5) Not later than 180 days after the date of en-
actment of this section, and every 180 days thereafter, 
the Secretary and the Administrator shall— 
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‘‘(A) meet to discuss ways to improve col-
laboration under the memorandum to increase 
opportunities for service-disabled veteran-owned 
small businesses and veteran-owned small busi-
nesses; and 
‘‘(B) consult with congressionally chartered 
Veterans Service Organizations to discuss ways 
to increase opportunities for service-disabled vet-
eran-owned small businesses and veteran-owned 
small businesses. 
‘‘(6) Not later than 180 days after the date of en-
actment of this section, and every 180 days thereafter, 
the Secretary and the Administrator shall report to 
the Committee on Small Business and the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepre-
neurship and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the Senate on the progress made by the Secretary and 
the Administrator implementing this section. 
‘‘(7) In any meeting required under paragraph 
(5), the Secretary and the Administrator shall include 
in the discussion of ways to improve collaboration 
under the memorandum to increase opportunities for 
small businesses owned and controlled by service-dis-
abled veterans who are women or minorities and 
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small business concerns owned and controlled by vet-
erans who are women or minorities.’’. 
(d) MEMORANDUM
OF
UNDERSTANDING.—Section 
8127(f) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) Not later than 180 days after the effective date 
of this paragraph, the Secretary shall enter into a memo-
randum of understanding with the Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration consistent with section 48 
of the Small Business Act, which shall specify the manner 
in which the Secretary shall notify the Administrator as 
to whether an individual is a veteran and if that veteran 
has a service-connected disability.’’. 
SEC. 813. PLAN FOR IMPROVING DATA ON BUNDLED AND 
CONSOLIDATED CONTRACTS. 
Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(s) DATA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the first day 
of fiscal year 2016, the Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration, in consultation with the 
Small Business Procurement Advisory Council, the 
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, and 
the Administrator of the General Services Adminis-
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tration shall develop a plan to improve the quality of 
data reported on bundled and consolidated contracts 
in the Federal procurement data system. 
‘‘(2) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The plan shall— 
‘‘(A) describe the roles and responsibilities 
of the Administrator of the Small Business Ad-
ministration, the Directors of the Offices of 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 
the Small Business Procurement Advisory Coun-
cil, the Administrator for Federal Procurement 
Policy, the Administrator of the General Services 
Administration, the senior procurement execu-
tives, and Chief Acquisition Officers in imple-
menting the plan described in paragraph (1) 
and contributing to the annual report required 
by subsection (p)(4); 
‘‘(B) make necessary changes to policies and 
procedures on proper identification and mitiga-
tion of contract bundling and consolidation, and 
to training procedures of relevant personnel on 
proper identification and mitigation of contract 
bundling and consolidation; 
‘‘(C) establish consequences for failure to 
properly identify contracts as bundled or consoli-
dated; 
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‘‘(D) establish requirements for periodic and 
statistically valid data verification and valida-
tion; and 
‘‘(E) assign clear data verification respon-
sibilities. 
‘‘(3) COMMITTEE BRIEFING.—Once finalized and 
by not later than 90 days prior to implementation, 
the plan described in this subsection shall be presented 
to the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Small Business 
and Entrepreneurship of the Senate. 
‘‘(4) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than the first 
day of fiscal year 2017, the Administrator of the 
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 
certification of the accuracy and completeness of data 
reported on bundled and consolidated contracts. 
‘‘(6) GAO STUDY AND REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) STUDY.—Not later than the first day 
of fiscal year 2018, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall initiate a study on the 
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