,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #dha  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#eagh  ,report ,no4 #aae-fbh  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,march 
#f1 #bjah ,ms4 ,velzquez introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,small ,business      
,april #aj1 #bjah ,committed to the     
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,small
 ,business ,act to provide for small    
business concerns located in ,puerto    
,rico1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,puerto ,rico ,small ,business      
,contracting ,assistance ,act of #bjah4 
#b4 ,definition of ,puerto ,rico        
business ,section #c of the ,small      
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb7 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7ee7 ,puerto 
,rico business ,in this ,act1 the term  
,puerto ,rico business means a small    
business concern that has its principal 

office located in the ,commonwealth of  
,puerto ,rico4  4  #c4 ,small business  
credit for ,puerto ,rico businesses     
,section #ae of the ,small ,business    
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fdd7 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7w7 ,small business credit 
for ,puerto ,rico businesses  7#a7      
,credit for meeting contracting goals   
,if an agency awards a prime contract to
 ,puerto ,rico business during the      
period beginning on the date of         
enactment of this subsection and ending 
on the date that is #d years after such 
date of enactment1 the value of the     
contract shall be doubled for purposes  
of determining compliance with the goals
 for procurement contracts under        
subsection 7g77#a77;,a77i7 during such  
period4  7#b7 ,report ,along with the   
report required under subsection        
7h77#a71 the head of each ,federal      
agency shall submit to the              
,administrator1 and make publicly       
available on the scorecard described in 

section #hfh7;b7 of the ,national       
,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal
 ,year #bjaf 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fdd note71 
an analysis of the number and dollar    
amount of prime contracts awarded       
pursuant to paragraph 7#a7 for each     
fiscal year of the period described in  
such paragraph4  4  #d4 ,priority for   
surplus property transfers ,section     
#g7;j77#ac77;,f7 of the ,small ,business
 ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcf7;j77#ac77;,f77
 is amended by adding at the end the    
following new clause3  7iii7  7,i7 ,in  
this clause1 the term covered period    
means the period beginning on the date  
of enactment of this clause and ending  
on the date on which the ,oversight     
,board established under section #aja of
 the ,puerto ,rico ,oversight1          
,management1 and ,economic ,stability   
,act 7#dh ,u4,s4,c4 #baba7 terminates4  
7,,ii7 ,the ,administrator may transfer 
technology or surplus property under    
clause 7i7 to a ,puerto ,rico business  
if the ,puerto ,rico business meets the 

requirements for such a transfer1       
without regard to whether the ,puerto   
,rico business is a ,program            
,participant4  4  #e4 ,contracting      
incentives for protege firms that are   
,puerto ,rico businesses  7a7 ,in       
general ,section #de7;a7 of the ,small  
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fegr7a77 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following new paragraph3  7#c7 ,puerto  
,rico businesses ,during the period     
beginning on the date of enactment of   
this paragraph and ending on the date on
 which the ,oversight ,board established
 under section #aja of the ,puerto ,rico
 ,oversight1 ,management1 and ,economic 
,stability ,act 7#dh ,u4,s4,c4 #baba7   
terminates1 the ,administrator shall    
identify potential incentives to a      
covered mentor that awards a subcontract
 to its covered protege1 including--    
7,a7 positive consideration in any past 
performance evaluation of the covered   
mentor2  7,b7 the application of costs  
incurred for providing training to such 

covered protege to the subcontracting   
plan 7as required under paragraph 7#d7  
or 7#e7 of section #h7;d77 of the       
covered mentor2 and  7,c7 such other    
incentives as the ,administrator        
determines appropriate4  4  7b7         
,definitions ,section #de7;d7 of the    
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fegr7d77 is amended by adding at the   
end the following new paragraphs3  7#d7 
,covered mentor ,the term covered mentor
 means a mentor that enters into an     
agreement under this ,act1 or under any 
mentor-protege program approved under   
subsection 7b77#a71 with a covered      
protege4  7#e7 ,covered protege ,the    
term covered protege means a protege of 
a covered mentor that is a ,puerto ,rico
 business4  4  #f4 ,additional          
mentor-protege relationships for protege
 firms that are ,puerto ,rico businesses
 ,section #de7;b77#c77;,a7 of the ,small
 ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4          
#fegr7b77#c77;,a77 is amended by        
inserting 1 except that such            

restrictions shall not apply to up to #b
 mentor-protege relationships if such   
relationships are between a covered     
protege and covered mentor after each   
participant4  ,april #aj1 #bjah         
,committed to the ,committee of the     
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed