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TITLE XII--MATTERS RELATING TO OTHER NATIONS

Public Law 108-136

House Conference Report 108-354

SEC. 1205. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON USE OF SMALL BUSINESSES, MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES, AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES IN EFFORTS TO REBUILD IRAQ.

It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should ensure that outreach procedures are in place to provide information to small businesses, minority-owned businesses, and women-owned businesses regarding Department of Defense requirements and contract opportunities for the rebuilding of Iraq.

The House bill contained a provision (sec. 1058) that would require the Secretary of Defense to study the feasibility of use of small businesses, minority-owned businesses, and women-owned businesses in efforts to rebuild Iraq.

The Senate amendment contained no similar provision.

The Senate recedes with an amendment that would express the sense of Congress that the Secretary Defense should ensure that outreach procedures are in place to provide information on contract opportunities for efforts to rebuild Iraq to small businesses, minority-owned businesses, and women-owned businesses.