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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS Subtitle E—Small Business Matters
P. L. 116-	House Conference Report 116-617
SEC. 870. COMPLIANCE OF OFFICES OF SMALL BUSINESS AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION. (a) Report.--If the Comptroller General of the United States has determined that a Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of a Federal agency is not in compliance with the requirements of section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)), such Director shall submit, not later than the specified date, to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives a report that includes the reasons for such noncompliance and the specific actions the Director shall take to remedy such noncompliance. (b) Specified Date Defined.--In this section, the term ``specified date'' means the later of-- (1) the date that is 120 days after the date on which a determination is made under subsection (a); and (2) 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.	Compliance of Offices of Small Business and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (sec. 870) The Senate amendment contained a provision (sec. 5871) that would amend section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)) by requiring Federal agencies that are not in compliance with statutory requirements pertaining to the Office of Small Business and Disadvantaged Business Utilization to report to the Congress on the reasons for such noncompliance and the steps they are taking to become compliant. The House bill contained no similar provision. The House recedes with a technical amendment.