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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

House Conference Report 109-360

SEC. 849. STUDY ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTING WITH SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS.

(a) Study Required- The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study on Department of Defense procurement contracts with small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

(b) Elements of Study- The study required by subsection (a) shall include the following determinations:

(1) Any steps taken by the Department of Defense to meet the Government-wide goal of participation by small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans in at least 3 percent of the total value of all prime contract and subcontract awards, as required under section 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)).

(2) If the Department of Defense has failed to meet such goal, an explanation of the reasons for such failure.

(3) Any steps taken within the Department of Defense to make contracting officers aware of the 3 percent goal and to ensure that procurement officers are working actively to achieve such goal.

(4) An estimate of the number of appropriately qualified small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans which submitted responsive offers on contracts with the Department of Defense during the preceding fiscal year.

(5) Any outreach efforts made by the Department to enter into contracts with small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

(6) Any additional outreach efforts the Department should make.

(7) The appropriate role of prime contractors in achieving goals established for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans under section 36 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f).

(c) Report- Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of the study conducted under this section.

(d) Small Business Concern Owned and Controlled by Service-Disabled Veterans- In this section, the term `small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans' has the meaning given that term in section 3(q) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)).

The House bill contained a provision (sec. 816) that would require the Department of Defense to conduct a study on contracting with small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans.

The Senate amendment contained no similar provision.

The Senate recedes with a clarifying amendment on the scope of the study.

House Report 109-89

SECTION 816--STUDY ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTING WITH SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS

The committee is concerned that the Department of Defense has fallen short of the 3 percent contracting goal for service disabled veteran owned small businesses. This section would require the Department of Defense to conduct a detailed study on its progress toward increasing contracting with small businesses owned by service disabled veterans. The report to Congress is due 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.