,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjhg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #d1 #bjai,mr4  
,brown of ,maryland 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,turner7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to make improvements to the    
,mentor-,protg ,program of the          
,department of ,defense1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,reauthorization and     
improvement of ,department of ,defense  
,mentor-,protg ,program  7a7 ,permanent 
authorization ,section #hca of the      
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #aiia 7,public ,law   
#aja-eaj2 #aj ,u4,s4,c4 #bcjb note7 is  
amended by striking subsection 7j74  7b7
 ,office of ,small ,business ,programs  
oversight ,section #hca of the ,national
 ,defense ,authorization ,act for       
,fiscal ,year #aiia 7,public ,law       
#aja-eaj2 #aj ,u4,s4,c4 #bcjb note7 is  
amended--  7#a7 by redesignating        
subsection 7n7 as subsection 7o72 and   

7#b7 by inserting after subsection 7m7  
the following new subsection3  7n7      
,establishment of performance goals and 
periodic reviews ,the ,office of ,small 
,business ,programs of the ,department  
of ,defense shall-- 7#a7 establish      
performance goals consistent with the   
stated purpose of the ,mentor-,protg    
,program and outcome-based metrics to   
measure progress in meeting those goals2
 and  7#b7 submit to the congressional  
defense committees1 not later than      
,february #a1 #bjbj1 a report on        
progress made toward implementing these 
performance goals and metrics1 based on 
periodic reviews of the procedures used 
to approve mentor-protg agreements4  4  
7c7 ,modification of disadvantaged small
 business concern definition ,subsection
 7o77#b7 of the ,national ,defense      
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#aiia 7,public ,law #aja-eaj2 #aj       
,u4,s4,c4 #bcjb note71 as redesignated  
by subsection 7b77#a7 of this section1  
is amended by striking has less than    

half the size standard corresponding to 
its primary ,north ,american ,industry  
,classification ,system code and        
inserting is not more than the size     
standard corresponding to its primary   
,north ,american ,industry              
,classification ,system code4  7d7      
,removal of pilot program references    
,section #hca of the ,national ,defense 
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#aiia 7,public ,law #aja-eaj2 #aj       
,u4,s4,c4 #bcjb note7 is amended--  7#a7
 in the subsection heading for          
subsection 7a71 by striking pilot2 and  
7#b7 by striking pilot each place it    
appears4  7e7 ,independent report on    
program effectiveness  7#a7 ,in general 
,the ,secretary of ,defense shall direct
 the ,defense ,business ,board to submit
 to the congressional defense committees
 a report evaluating the effectiveness  
of the ,mentor-,protg ,program          
established under section #hca of the   
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #aiia 7,public ,law   

#aja-eaj2 #aj ,u4,s4,c4 #bcjb note71    
including recommendations for improving 
the program in terms of performance     
metrics1 forms of assistance1 and       
overall program effectiveness not later 
than ,march #ca1 #bjbb4  7#b7           
,congressional defense committees       
defined ,in this subsection1 the term   
congressional defense committees has the
 meaning given that term in section     
#aja7;a77#af7 of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code4