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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Early Education Employee Benefit Act 
of 2002''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services may make grants on a 
competitive basis, and payable during a period of not less than 2 years 
and not more than 5 years, to eligible States and political 
subdivisions of States--
            (1) to establish innovative partnerships with private 
        partners to reduce the cost incurred by employees and union 
        members to obtain early education (including child care, 
        preschool, and other early childhood programs), or
            (2) to assist private partners to pay part of the cost of 
        acquiring, building, and renovating physical premises to be 
        used as new early education facilities.

SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY OF STATES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF STATES TO 
              RECEIVE GRANTS.

    To be eligible to receive a grant under section 2, a State or a 
political subdivision of a State shall submit to the Secretary an 
application at such time, in such form, and containing such information 
as the Secretary may require by rule, including--
            (1) the agency designated by the State, or the political 
        subdivision of a State, to serve as the lead agency that will 
        administer such grant,
            (2) a description of the program such applicant intends to 
        carry out with such grant,
            (3) a description of the source, and increasing annual 
        amount, of the funds such applicant will use to pay the non-
        Federal share of the cost to carry out such program during a 
        period not less than 2 years and not more than 5 years, and
            (4) an agreement that such State or such political 
        subdivision--
                    (A) will contribute (from non-Federal funds) to 
                carry out such program, an amount equal to 50 percent 
                of the amount of such grant,
                    (B) will not require a private partner to offer on-
                site early education as a condition for participation 
                in an Early Education Benefit Agreement, and
                    (C) will use such grant to supplement, not 
                supplant, spending by such State, such political 
                subdivision, and private partners to improve access to 
                and enhance the quality of early education.

SEC. 4. SELECTION OF APPLICANTS TO RECEIVE GRANTS.

    In making grants under this Act, the Secretary shall give priority 
to eligible applicants that--
            (1) are, in the judgment of the Secretary, most likely to 
        increase the number of employees and members who receive an 
        Early Education Benefit through their employers and unions,
            (2) propose innovative public-private partnerships that 
        will carry out early education programs that are likely to be 
        replicated,
            (3) are likely to be sustainable beyond the period during 
        which such grant is expended,
            (4) are developed in consultation with child care resource 
        and referral agencies and networks, and with employers and 
        unions,
            (5) demonstrate the intention and ability to provide--
                    (A) with funds to be expended for the use described 
                in section 5(1), Early Education Benefits through Early 
                Education Benefit Agreements to a significant number of 
                employees of private employers with fewer than 50 
                employees, or
                    (B) with funds to be expended for the use described 
                in section 5(2), Early Education Start-up Grants to 
                private employers with fewer than 50 employees, and
                    (6) have experience working on early childhood 
                issues and working in partnership with the business 
                community, or have an agreement to implement the 
                program funded by a grant made under section 2 through 
                a nonprofit entity with such experience.

SEC. 5. USES OF FUNDS.

    A recipient of a grant made under section 2 shall use such grant--
            (1) to enter into Early Education Benefit Agreements to 
        provide Early Education Benefits, or
            (2) to provide funds to private partners to establish new 
        early education facilities,
except that not more than 5 percent of such grant may be used to pay 
administrative costs incurred by such recipient to carry out this Act, 
including providing outreach to private partners.

SEC. 6. EARLY EDUCATION BENEFIT AGREEMENTS.

    (a) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive funds to be used for 
the purpose specified in section 5(1) from a grant made under section 
2, a private partner, or consortia of private partners, shall enter 
into an Early Education Benefit Agreement with the recipient of such 
grant that includes the following:
            (1) An assurance that such private partner, or such 
        consortia, will pay not less than--
                    (A) \1/3\ of the cost of such Early Education 
                Benefit, or
                    (B) \1/5\ of such cost if such private partner, or 
                such consortia, creates a new early education facility 
                that--
                            (i) serves children less than 2 years of 
                        age or children with disabilities, or
                            (ii) is available during nontraditional 
                        work hours.
            (2) An assurance that such private partner, or such 
        consortia, shall offer such Early Education Benefit on a 
        priority basis to such employees or such members who have lower 
        incomes if such Early Education Benefit is not offered to all 
        such employees or all such members.
            (3) An assurance that if such private partner, or such 
        consortia, requires that such Early Education Benefit received 
        by an employee or member be expended at a limited number of 
        sites where early education (including child care, preschool, 
        and other early childhood programs) is provided, then 
there shall be at least 1 provider of early education (including child 
care, preschool, and other early childhood programs) for which such 
Early Education Benefit may be expended, that is--
                    (A) located at or near the residence or place of 
                employment of such employee or such member, and
                    (B) accredited by the National Association for the 
                Education of Young Children or the National Association 
                for Family Child Care, or taking steps to obtain such 
                accreditation.
            (4) An assurance that early education paid for in whole or 
        in part by such Early Education Benefit will be provided by a 
        provider that is licensed or regulated by the State.
            (5) A detailed description of--
                    (i) the nature of the Early Education Benefit to be 
                provided,
                    (ii) the respective financial contributions of such 
                private partner, or such consortia, and such grant 
                recipient, and the procedures by which such 
                contributions will be made,
                    (iii) the number of employees or members expected 
                to receive the Early Education Benefit provided under 
                such Agreement, and
                    (iv) the estimated total cost of such Benefit to 
                such private partner (or such consortia), such grant 
                recipient, and such employees or such members.
    (b) Selection of Private Partners To Enter Into Early Education 
Benefit Agreements.--In selecting private partners with which to enter 
into Early Education Benefit Agreements, a recipient of a grant made 
under section 2 shall give priority to--
            (1) private partners that will make larger financial 
        contributions to the Early Education Benefit,
            (2) private partners with fewer employees or members,
            (3) private partners that will make an Early Education 
        Benefit available to employees and members on a sliding scale 
        inversely proportional to their level of earned income, and
            (4) private partners that have a history of personnel 
        policies and practices that enable their employees or their 
        members to balance work commitments with family obligations.

SEC. 7. EARLY EDUCATION START-UP GRANTS.

    (a) Eligibility To Receive Funds.--To be eligible to receive funds 
for the use specified in section 5(2) from a grant made under section 
2, a private partner shall agree--
            (1) to subsidize attendance at the proposed new early 
        education facility for children of lower-paid employees or 
        members, and
            (2) to pay not less than \1/3\ of the cost of acquiring, 
        building, and renovating physical premises to be used as such 
        facility.
    (b) Selection of Private Partners To Receive Funds.--In providing 
funds to private partners from a grant received for the use specified 
in section 5(2), a recipient of a grant made under section 2 shall give 
priority to--
            (1) private partners that will create a facility to provide 
        early education that--
                    (A) serves children less than 2 years of age or 
                children with disabilities, or
                    (B) is available during nontraditional hours during 
                which their parents are employed,
            (2) private partners that will operate such a facility that 
        is accredited, has a low ratio of children to adults, or 
        demonstrates other facts that show such facility offers an 
        early education program of high quality,
            (3) private partners that will pay with nongovernmental 
        funds a larger share of the cost of the use for which the Early 
        Education Start-up Grant funds will be expended,
            (4) private partners that have fewer employees or members, 
        and
            (5) private partners that have a history of personnel 
        policies and practices that enable their employees or members 
        to balance work commitments with family obligations.

SEC. 8. REPORTS.

    (a) Reports by Grantees.--The Secretary shall issue rules that 
require each recipient of a grant made under section 2 to submit 
annually to the Secretary a report that includes the following 
information for the fiscal year for which such report is submitted:
            (1) The number of Early Education Benefit Agreements 
        participated in and Start-Up Grants made.
            (2) Information about the private partners, including the 
        industry of which they are a part and their size.
            (3) Information about the number of employees who are both 
        offered and are receiving Early Education Benefits as a result 
        of such grant,including the number and average incomes of 
        employees who are receiving Early Education Benefits and the 
        number of employees who were offered and declined Early 
        Education Benefits.
            (4) Information about the amount of private spending on 
        Early Education Benefits and on the investment in new early 
        education facilities leveraged by the grants.
            (5) If appropriate and available, information about whether 
        and at what level private partners have continued to provide 
        Early Education Benefits after the conclusion of the grantee's 
        participation in an Early Education Benefit Agreement.
    (b) Reports by the Secretary.--The Secretary shall submit to the 
Congress biennially a report that includes the following information 
for the period of 2 fiscal years for which such report is submitted:
            (1) Summaries of the reports received under subsection (a) 
        by the Secretary for such period.
            (2) A description of the implementation of this Act, and 
        its impact on employees' access to early education programs for 
        their children, during such period.

SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Child.--The term ``child'' means an individual who is 
        less that 6 years of age.
            (2) Early Education Benefit.--The term ``Early Education 
        Benefit'' means assistance, in cash or in kind, to pay any part 
        of the cost incurred by employees and union members to obtain 
        early education (including child care, preschool, and other 
        early childhood programs) for their children.
            (3) Early Education Benefit Agreement.--The term ``Early 
        Education Benefit Agreement'' means a contract under which a 
        recipient of a grant under section 2 and a private partner that 
        receives from such recipient funds provided for the use 
        described in section 5(1) agree to provide jointly an Early 
        Education Benefit for children of the members or employees of 
        such private partner.
            (4) Private Partner.--The term ``private partner'' means a 
        private employer, labor union, and consortia of employers or 
        labor unions.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Health and Human Services.

SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2003 through 2007.
[A]: Early Education Employee Benefit Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make competitive matching grants to States and local governments to: (1) enter Early Education Benefit Agreements with private partners to provide part of the cost of Early Education Benefits, which reduce costs incurred by employees and union members to obtain early education (including child care, preschool, and other early childhood programs); or (2) make Early Education Start-Up Grants to assist private partners to pay part of the cost of acquiring, building, and renovating physical premises to be used as new early education facilities, if such partners subsidize attendance at those facilities for children of lower-paid employees or union members.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Silvio O. Conte Disabilities 
Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SILVIO O. CONTE DISABILITIES PREVENTION 
              PROGRAM.

    Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 314 the following new 
section:

           ``silvio o. conte disabilities prevention program

    ``Sec. 315. (a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may make 
grants to and enter into contracts with public and nonprofit private 
entities for the purpose of carrying out programs for the prevention of 
disabilities and the prevention of secondary conditions resulting from 
disabilities.
    ``(b) Certain Authorized Activities.--With respect to the 
prevention of disabilities and conditions described in subsection (a), 
activities for which the Secretary may provide financial assistance 
under such subsection include--
            ``(1) coordinating prevention activities;
            ``(2) conducting demonstrations and interventions;
            ``(3) conducting surveillances and studies;
            ``(4) educating the public; and
            ``(5) educating and training health professionals 
        (including allied health professionals) and conducting 
        activities to improve the clinical skills of such 
        professionals.
    ``(c) Priorities.--The Secretary, in consultation with the National 
Council on Disabilities, shall establish priorities among the 
activities that are to be carried out under subsection (a).
    ``(d) Reports to Secretary.--The Secretary may provide financial 
assistance under subsection (a) only if the applicant involved agrees 
to submit to the Secretary such reports as the Secretary may require 
with respect to such assistance.
    ``(e) Application for Assistance.--The Secretary may provide 
financial assistance under subsection (a) only if an application for 
such assistance is submitted to the Secretary and the application is in 
such form, is made in such manner, and contains such agreements, 
assurances, and information as the Secretary determines to be necessary 
to carry out this section.
    ``(f) Limitation Regarding Education of Health Professionals.--In 
providing financial assistance under subsection (a), the Secretary may 
not, for activities described in subsection (b)(5), obligated more than 
10 percent of the amounts appropriated under subsection (k) for any 
fiscal year.
    ``(g) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary may provide training, 
technical assistance, and consultations with respect to the planning, 
development, and operation of any program for the prevention of 
disabilities or the prevention of secondary conditions resulting from 
disabilities.
    ``(h) Provision of Supplies and Services in Lieu of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--Upon the request of a recipient of 
        financial assistance under subsection (a), the Secretary may, 
        subject to paragraph (2), provide supplies, equipment, and 
        services for the purpose of aiding the recipient in carrying 
        out such subsection and, for such purpose, may detail to the 
        recipient any officer or employee of the Department of Health 
        and Human Services.
            ``(2) Corresponding reduction in payments.--With respect to 
        a request by a recipient for purposes of paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary shall reduce the amount of payments under subsection 
        (a) to the recipient by an amount equal to the costs of 
        detailing personnel (including pay, allowances, and travel 
        expenses) and the fair market value of any supplies, equipment, 
        or services provided by the Secretary. The Secretary shall, for 
        the payment of expenses incurred in complying with such 
        request, expend the amounts withheld.
    ``(i) Evaluations and Reports.--
            ``(1) Evaluations.--The Secretary shall, directly or 
        through contracts with public or private entities, provide for 
        evaluations of programs carried out pursuant to subsection (a).
            ``(2) Reports.--Not later than January 31 of 1995 and of 
        every second year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 
        Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives, and to the Committee on Labor and Human 
        Resources of the Senate, a report summarizing evaluations 
        carried out pursuant to paragraph (1). The Secretary shall 
        provide a copy of each such report to the National Council on 
        Disability.
    ``(j) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) The term `financial assistance' means a grant or 
        contract.
            ``(2) The term `prevention' means activities that address 
        the causes of disabilities and secondary conditions resulting 
        from disabilities, and activities that address the functional 
        limitations involved and the exacerbation of such limitations, 
        including activities that--
                    ``(A) eliminate or reduce the factors that cause or 
                predispose an individual to disabilities or that 
                increase the prevalence of disabilities;
                    ``(B) increase the early identification of existing 
                problems to eliminate circumstances that create or 
                increase functional limitations; and
                    ``(C) mitigate against the effects of disabilities 
                throughout the life of the individual.
    ``(k) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of 
providing financial assistance under this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $20,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1995, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, and such sums as 
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1997 and 1998.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 14, 1993.

            Attest:

                                           DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

                                                                 Clerk.
[A]: Silvio O. Conte Disabilities Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants and contracts for the prevention of disabilities and the prevention of secondary conditions resulting from disabilities, including through demonstrations and interventions, surveillances and studies, public education, and training health professionals.  Authorizes appropriations.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Governmentwide Mentor-Protege 
Program Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. MENTOR-PROTEGE PROGRAM.

    The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 36 as section 37; and
            (2) by inserting after section 35 the following:

``SEC. 36. MENTOR-PROTEGE PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Establishment of Program.--The Administrator shall establish 
a Program to be known as the `Governmentwide Mentor-Protege Program'.
    ``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the Program are to provide--
            ``(1) incentives for major Federal contractors to assist 
        eligible small business concerns to enhance the capabilities of 
        eligible small business concerns to perform as subcontractors 
        and suppliers under Federal contracts in order to increase the 
        participation of eligible small business concerns as 
        subcontractors and suppliers under those contracts; and
            ``(2) Governmentwide criteria for partial reimbursement of 
        certain agency costs incurred in the administration of the 
        Program.
    ``(c) Program Participants.--
            ``(1) Mentor firms.--A mentor firm may enter into 
        agreements under subsection (e) and furnish assistance to 
        eligible small business concerns upon making application to the 
        head of the agency for which it is contracting and being 
        approved for participation in the Program by the head of the 
        agency.
            ``(2) Eligible small business concerns.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An eligible small business 
                concern may obtain assistance from a mentor firm upon 
                entering into an agreement with the mentor firm to 
                become a protege firm, as provided in subsection (e).
                    ``(B) Restriction.--A protege firm may not be a 
                party to more than one agreement to receive assistance 
                described in subparagraph (A) at any time.
            ``(3) Certification.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Before receiving assistance from 
                a mentor firm under this section, a small business 
                concern shall furnish to the mentor firm--
                            ``(i) if the Administration regularly 
                        issues certifications of qualification for the 
                        category of that small business concern listed 
                        in subsection (k)(1), that certification; and
                            ``(ii) if the Administration does not 
                        regularly issue certifications of qualification 
                        for the category of that small business concern 
                        listed in subsection (k)(1), a statement 
                        indicating that it is an eligible small 
                        business concern.
                    ``(B) Development of certification.--Nothing in 
                this section shall be construed to require the 
                Administration to develop a certification program for 
                any category of small business concern listed in 
                subsection (k)(1).
                    ``(C) Assistance to non-eligible small business 
                concern.--If at any time, a small business concern is 
                determined by the Administration not to be an eligible 
                small business concern in accordance with this 
                section--
                            ``(i) the small business concern shall 
                        immediately notify the mentor firm of the 
                        determination; and
                            ``(ii) assistance furnished to that small 
                        business concern by the mentor firm after the 
                        date of the determination may not be considered 
                        to be assistance furnished under the Program.
    ``(d) Mentor Firm Eligibility.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to subsection (c)(1), a mentor 
        firm that is eligible for award of Federal contracts may enter 
        into an agreement with one or more protege firms under 
        subsection (e) and provide assistance under the Program 
        pursuant to that agreement, if the mentor firm demonstrates to 
        the subject agency the capability to assist in the development 
        of protege firms.
            ``(2) Presumption of capability.--A mentor firm shall be 
        presumed to be capable under paragraph (1) if the total amount 
        of contracts and subcontracts that the mentor firm has entered 
        into with the subject agency exceeds an amount determined by 
        the Administrator, in consultation with the head of the subject 
        agency, to be significant relative to the contracting volume of 
        the subject agency.
    ``(e) Mentor-Protege Agreement.--
            ``(1) In general.--Before providing assistance to a protege 
        firm under the Program, a mentor firm shall enter into a 
        mentor-protege agreement with the protege firm regarding the 
        assistance to be provided by the mentor firm.
            ``(2) Contents of agreement.--The agreement required by 
        paragraph (1) shall include--
                    ``(A) a developmental program for the protege firm, 
                in such detail as may be reasonable, including--
                            ``(i) factors to assess the developmental 
                        progress of the protege firm under the Program; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) the anticipated number and type of 
                        subcontracts to be awarded to the protege firm;
                    ``(B) a Program participation term of not longer 
                than 3 years, except that the term may be for a period 
                of not longer than 5 years if the Administrator 
                determines, in writing, that unusual circumstances 
                justify a Program participation term of longer than 3 
                years; and
                    ``(C) procedures for the protege firm to terminate 
                the agreement voluntarily and for the mentor firm to 
                terminate the agreement for cause.
    ``(f) Forms of Assistance.--A mentor firm may provide to a protege 
firm--
            ``(1) assistance using mentor firm personnel, in--
                    ``(A) general business management, including 
                organizational management, financial management, and 
                personnel management, marketing, business development, 
                and overall business planning;
                    ``(B) engineering and technical matters, including 
                production, inventory control, and quality assurance; 
                and
                    ``(C) any other assistance designed to develop the 
                capabilities of the protege firm under the 
                developmental program referred to in subsection 
                (e)(2)(A);
            ``(2) the award of subcontracts on a noncompetitive basis 
        under Federal contracts;
            ``(3) progress payments for performance of the protege firm 
        under a subcontract referred to in paragraph (2), in amounts as 
        provided for in the subcontract, except that no such progress 
        payment may exceed 100 percent of the costs incurred by the 
        protege firm for the performance;
            ``(4) advance payments under subcontracts referred to in 
        paragraph (2);
            ``(5) loans;
            ``(6) cash in exchange for an ownership interest in the 
        protege firm, not to exceed 10 percent of the total ownership 
        interest;
            ``(7) assistance obtained by the mentor firm for the 
        protege firm from--
                    ``(A) small business development centers 
                established pursuant to section 21;
                    ``(B) entities providing procurement technical 
                assistance pursuant to chapter 142 of title 10, United 
                States Code; or
                    ``(C) a historically Black college or university or 
                a minority institution of higher education.
    ``(g) Incentives for Mentor Firms.--
            ``(1) Reimbursement for progress or advance payment.--The 
        head of the agency for which a mentor firm is contracting may 
        provide to a mentor firm reimbursement for the total amount of 
        any progress payment or advance payment made under the Program 
        by the mentor firm to a protege firm in connection with a 
        Federal contract awarded to the mentor firm.
            ``(2) Reimbursement for mentoring assistance.--
                    ``(A) Mentor firm.--The head of the agency for 
                which a mentor firm is contracting may provide to a 
                mentor firm reimbursement for the costs of the 
                assistance furnished to a protege firm pursuant to 
                paragraphs (1) and (7) of subsection (f), as provided 
                for in a line item in a Federal contract under which 
                the mentor firm is furnishing products or services to 
                the agency, subject to a maximum amount of 
                reimbursement specified in the contract, except that 
                this subparagraph does not apply in a case in which the 
                head of the agency determines in writing that unusual 
                circumstances justify reimbursement using a separate 
                contract.
                    ``(B) Total amount of reimbursement.--The total 
                amount reimbursed under subparagraph (A) to a mentor 
                firm for costs of assistance furnished in a fiscal year 
                to a protege firm may not exceed $1,000,000, except in 
                a case in which the head of the subject agency 
                determines in writing that unusual circumstances 
                justify reimbursement of a higher amount.
                    ``(C) Reimbursement to agency.--The head of an 
                agency may submit documentation to the Administrator 
                indicating the total amount of reimbursement that the 
                agency paid to each mentor firm under this paragraph, 
                and the agency shall be reimbursed by the 
                Administration for not more than 50 percent of that 
                total amount, as indicated in the documentation.
            ``(3) Costs not reimbursed.--
                    ``(A) In general.--
                            ``(i) Credit.--Costs incurred by a mentor 
                        firm in providing assistance to a protege firm 
                        that are not reimbursed pursuant to paragraph 
                        (2) shall be recognized as credit in lieu of 
                        subcontract awards for purposes of determining 
                        whether the mentor firm attains a 
                        subcontracting participation goal applicable to 
                        the mentor firm under a Federal contract or 
                        under a divisional or companywide 
                        subcontracting plan negotiated with an agency.
                            ``(ii) Subject agency authority.--Clause 
                        (i) shall not be construed to authorize the 
                        negotiation of divisional or companywide 
                        subcontracting plans by an agency that did not 
                        have such authority before the date of 
                        enactment of the Governmentwide Mentor-Protege 
                        Program Act of 2001.
                    ``(B) Amount of credit.--The amount of the credit 
                given to a mentor firm for unreimbursed costs described 
                in subparagraph (A) shall be equal to--
                            ``(i) 4 times the total amount of the 
                        unreimbursed costs attributable to assistance 
                        provided by entities described in subsection 
                        (f)(7);
                            ``(ii) 3 times the total amount of the 
                        unreimbursed costs attributable to assistance 
                        furnished by the employees of the mentor firm; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) 2 times the total amount of any 
                        other unreimbursed costs.
                    ``(C) Adjustment of credit.--Under regulations 
                issued by the Administrator pursuant to subsection (j), 
                the head of the subject agency shall adjust the amount 
                of credit given to a mentor firm pursuant to 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph, if the 
                head of the subject agency determines that the 
                performance of the mentor firm regarding the award of 
                subcontracts to eligible small business concerns has 
                declined without justifiable cause.
    ``(h) Administrative Provisions.--
            ``(1) Developmental assistance.--For purposes of this Act, 
        no determination of affiliation or control (either direct or 
        indirect) may be found between a protege firm and its mentor 
        firm on the basis that the mentor firm has agreed to furnish 
        (or has furnished) to the protege firm pursuant to a mentor-
        protege agreement under this section any form of developmental 
        assistance described in subsection (f).
            ``(2) Participation in program.--Notwithstanding section 8, 
        the Administration may not determine an eligible small business 
        concern to be ineligible to receive any assistance authorized 
        under this Act on the basis that the small business concern has 
        participated in the Program, or has received assistance 
        pursuant to any developmental assistance agreement authorized 
        under the Program.
            ``(3) Administration review.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Upon determining that the 
                mentor-protege program administered by the subject 
                agency conforms to the standards set forth in the rules 
                issued under subsection (j)(1), the Administrator may 
                not require a small business concern that is entering 
                into, or has entered into, an agreement under 
                subsection (e) as a protege firm, or a firm that makes 
                an application under subsection (c)(1), to submit the 
                application, agreement, or any other document required 
                by the agency in the administration of the Program to 
                the Administration for review, approval, or any other 
                purpose.
                    ``(B) Exception.--The Administrator may require 
                submission for review of an agreement entered into 
                under subsection (e), or application submitted under 
                subsection (c)(1), if the agreement or application 
                relates to--
                            ``(i) a mentor-protege program administered 
                        by the agency that does not conform to the 
                        standards set forth in the rules issued under 
                        subsection (j)(1); or
                            ``(ii) a claim for reimbursement of costs 
                        submitted by an agency to the Administration 
                        under subsection (g)(2)(C) that the 
                        Administrator has reason to believe is not 
                        authorized under this section.
    ``(i) Participation in Program Not To Be a Condition for Award of a 
Contract or Subcontract.--A mentor firm may not require a small 
business concern to enter into an agreement with the mentor firm 
pursuant to subsection (e) as a condition for being awarded a contract 
by the mentor firm, including a subcontract under a contract awarded to 
the mentor firm.
    ``(j) Regulations.--
            ``(1) Proposed rules.--Not later than 270 days after the 
        date of enactment of the Governmentwide Mentor-Protege Program 
        Act of 2001, the Administrator shall issue final rules to carry 
        out this section.
            ``(2) Proposed rules from the federal acquisition 
        regulatory council.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        issuance of the final rules of the Administration under 
        paragraph (1), the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall 
        publish final rules that conform to the final rules issued by 
        the Administration.
    ``(k) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `eligible small business concern' means--
                    ``(A) any qualified HUBZone small business concern, 
                as defined in section 3(p)(5);
                    ``(B) any small business concern that is owned and 
                controlled by women, as defined in section 3(n);
                    ``(C) any small business concern that is owned and 
                controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged 
                individuals, as defined in section 8(a)(4); and
                    ``(D) any small business concern that is owned and 
                controlled by service-disabled veterans, as defined in 
                section 3(q)(2);
            ``(2) the term `historically Black college and university' 
        means any of the historically Black colleges and universities 
        referred to in section 2323 of title 10, United States Code;
            ``(3) the term `mentor firm' means a business concern 
        that--
                    ``(A) meets the requirements of subsection (d); and
                    ``(B) is approved for participation in the Program 
                under subsection (c)(1);
            ``(4) the term `minority institution of higher education' 
        means an institution of higher education with a student body 
        that reflects the composition specified in paragraphs (3), (4), 
        and (5) of section 312(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
        (20 U.S.C. 1058(b)(3), (4), (5));
            ``(5) the term `Program' means the Mentor-Protege Program 
        established under this section;
            ``(6) the term `protege firm' means an eligible small 
        business concern that receives assistance from a mentor firm 
        under this section; and
            ``(7) the term `subcontracting participation goal', with 
        respect to a Federal Government contract, means a goal for the 
        extent of the participation by eligible small business concerns 
        in the subcontracts awarded under such contract, as established 
        by the Administrator and the subject agency head, in accordance 
        with the goals established pursuant to section 15(g).
    ``(l) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $30,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2002 through 2004.''.
[A]:
Governmentwide Mentor-Protege Program Act of 2001 - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish the Governmentwide Mentor-Protege Program under which major Federal contractors (mentor firms) assist eligible small businesses (protege firms) to perform as subcontractors and suppliers under Federal contracts. Requires a mentor-protege agreement regarding the assistance to be provided.Provides incentives for mentor firms to enter into such agreements, including reimbursement for progress or advance payments made to protege firms in connection with a Federal contract, as well as reimbursement for mentoring assistance (with a total reimbursement limit of $1 million per protege firm). Prohibits a mentor firm from requiring an eligible small business to enter into an agreement as a condition for the award of a contract or subcontract.Makes eligible for such Program: (1) any qualified HUBZone small business; and (2) any small business owned and controlled by women, socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, or service-disabled veterans.