,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajch  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #d1 #bjag 
,mrs4 ,ernst 7for herself and ,mrs4     
,gillibrand7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,small ,business   
and ,entrepreneurship  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
require the ,administrator of the ,small
 ,business ,administration to submit to 
,congress a report on the utilization of
 small businesses with respect to       
certain ,federal contracts4  #a4        
,findings ,congress finds that-- 7#a7   
since the passage of the ,budget        
,control ,act of #bjaa 7,public ,law    
#aab-be2 #abe ,stat4 #bdj71 many        
,federal agencies have started favoring 
longer-term ,federal contracts1         
including multiple award contracts1 over
 direct individual awards2  7#b7 these  
multiple award contracts have grown to  
more than one-fifth of ,federal contract
 spending1 with the fastest growing     
multiple award contracts surpassing     

#ajj1jjj1jjj in obligations for the     
first time between #bjac and #bjad2     
7#c7 in fiscal year #bjag1 #ag of the   
#bj largest ,federal contract           
opportunities are multiple award        
contracts2  7#d7 while ,federal agencies
 may choose to use any or all of the    
various socio-economic groups on a      
multiple award contract1 the ,small     
,business ,administration only examines 
socio-economic performance through the  
small business procurement scorecard and
 does not examine potential             
opportunities by those groups2 and  7#e7
 ,congress and the ,department of       
,justice have been clear that no        
individual socio-economic group shall be
 given preference over another4  #b4    
,definitions ,in this ,act-- 7#a7 the   
term ,administrator means the           
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration2  7#b7 the term covered 
small business concerns means-- 7,a7    
,h,u,b,zone small business concerns2    
7,b7 small business concerns owned and  

controlled by service-disabled veterans2
  7,c7 small business concerns owned and
 controlled by women2 and  7,d7 socially
 and economically disadvantaged small   
business concerns1 as defined in section
 #h7;a77#d77;,a7 of the ,small ,business
 ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcg7;a77#d77;,a771
 receiving assistance under such section
 #h7;a72 and  7#c7 the terms ,h,u,b,zone
 small business concern1 small business 
concern1 small business concern owned   
and controlled by service-disabled      
veterans1 and small business concern    
owned and controlled by women have the  
meanings given those terms in section #c
 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae      
,u4,s4,c4 #fcb74  #c4 ,report  7a7 ,in  
general ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,administrator shall submit 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--  7#a7 a determination as to 

whether small business concerns and each
 category of covered small business     
concerns described in subparagraphs 7,a7
 through 7,d7 of section #c7b7 are being
 utilized in a significant portion of   
the ,federal market on multiple award   
contracts1 including--  7,a7 whether    
awards are being reserved for one or    
more of those categories2 and  7,b7     
whether each such category is being     
given the opportunity to perform on     
multiple award contracts2  7#b7 a       
determination as to whether performance 
requirements for multiple award         
contracts1 as in effect on the day      
before the date of enactment of this    
,act1 are feasible and appropriate for  
small business concerns2 and  7#c7 any  
additional information as the           
,administrator may determine necessary4 
7b7 ,requirement ,in making the         
determinations required under subsection
 7a71 the ,administrator shall use      
information from multiple award         
contracts--  7#a7 with varied assigned  

,north ,american ,industry              
,classification ,system codes2 and  7#b7
 that were awarded by not less than     
eight ,federal agencies4