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SEC. 1705. RESPONSIBILITIES OF
COMMERCIAL MARKET REPRESENTATIVES.
Section 4(h) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 633(h)) is amended to read as follows:
“(h) Commercial Market Representatives.—
“(1) DUTIES.—The principal duties of a
commercial market representative employed by the Administrator
and reporting to the senior official appointed by the
Administrator with responsibilities under sections 8, 15, 31,
and 36 (or the designee of the official) shall be to advance
the policies established in section 8(d)(1) relating to
subcontracting, including—
“(A) helping prime contractors to
find small business concerns that are capable of performing
subcontracts;
“(B) for contractors awarded contracts containing the clause
described in section 8(d)(3), providing—
“(i) counseling on the
responsibility of the contractor to maximize
subcontracting opportunities for small business concerns;
“(ii) instruction on methods and tools to identify
potential subcontractors that are small business concerns;
and
“(iii) assistance to increase awards to subcontractors
that are small business concerns through visits, training,
and reviews of past performance;
“(C) providing counseling on how a
small business concern may promote the capacity of the small
business concern to contractors awarded contracts containing
the clause described in section 8(d)(3); and
“(D) conducting periodic reviews of contractors awarded
contracts containing the clause described in section 8(d)(3)
to assess compliance with subcontracting plans required
under section 8(d)(6).
“(2) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—
“(A) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the
requirements of subparagraph (B), a commercial market
representative referred to in section 15(q)(3) shall have a
Level I Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (or
any successor certification) or the equivalent Department of
Defense certification.
“(B) DELAY OF CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—The certification
described in subparagraph (A) is not required—
“(i) for any person serving as a
commercial market representative on the date of enactment
of this subsection, until the date that is one calendar
year after the date on which the person was appointed as a
commercial market representative; or
“(ii) for any person serving as a commercial market
representative on or before November 25, 2015, until
November 25, 2020.
“(3) JOB POSTING REQUIREMENTS.—The
duties and certification requirements described in this
subsection shall be included in any initial job posting for
the position of a commercial market representative.”.
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Responsibilities of commercial market representatives (sec.
1705)
The House bill contained a provision (sec. 1703) that
would amend section 4(h) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633(h)) to provide
a clear definition of the duties and responsibilities of the
commercial market representatives employed by the Small Business
Administration.
The Senate amendment contained a similar
provision (sec. 10801).
The House recedes. |
