,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #deic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #a1         
#bjai,ms4 ,moore introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,,faa ,modernization and ,reform    
,act of #bjab and title #di1 ,united    
,states ,code1 with respect to          
disadvantaged business enterprises1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,inspector     
,general report on participation in     
,,faa programs by disadvantaged small   
business concerns ,section #adj of the  
,,faa ,modernization and ,reform ,act of
 #bjab is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  
7c7--  7,a7 in paragraph 7#a7 by        
striking each of fiscal years #bjac     
through #bjah and inserting fiscal year 
#bjbj and periodically thereafter2 and  
7,b7 in paragraph 7#c77;,a7 by striking 
a list and inserting with respect to the
 large- and medium-hub airports in the  
,united ,states that participate in the 

airport disadvantaged business          
enterprise program referenced in        
subsection 7a71 a list2 and  7#b7 by    
adding at the end the following3  7d7   
,assessment of efforts ,the ,inspector  
,general shall assess the efforts of the
 ,federal ,aviation ,administration with
 respect to implementing recommendations
 suggested in reports submitted under   
subsection 7c7 and shall include in each
 semiannual report of the ,inspector    
,general that is submitted to ,congress 
a description of the results of such    
assessment4  4  #b4 ,minority and       
disadvantaged business participation    
,section #dgaac of title #di1 ,united   
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subsection 7c7--  7,a7 by striking ,the 
,secretary shall and inserting the      
following3  7#a7 ,in general ,the       
,secretary shall  2 and  7,b7 by adding 
at the end the following3  7#b7         
,consistency of information ,the        
,secretary shall develop and maintain a 
training program--  7,a7 for employees  

of the ,federal ,aviation               
,administration who provide guidance and
 training to entities that certify      
whether a small business concern        
qualifies under this section 7and for   
employees of the other modal            
administrations of the ,department of   
,transportation who provide similar     
services72 and  7,b7 that ensures       
,federal officials provide consistent   
communications with respect to          
certification requirements4  7#c7 ,lists
 of certifying authorities ,the         
,secretary shall ensure that each ,state
 maintains an accurate list of the      
certifying authorities in such ,state   
for purposes of this section and that   
the list is--  7,a7 updated at least    
twice each year2 and  7,b7 made         
available to the public4  2  7#b7 in    
subsection 7e7 by adding at the end the 
following3  7#d7 ,reporting ,the        
,secretary shall determine1 for each    
fiscal year1 the number of individuals  
who received training under this        

subsection and shall make such number   
available to the public on an           
appropriate website operated by the     
,secretary4 ,if the ,secretary          
determines1 with respect to a fiscal    
year1 that fewer individuals received   
training under this subsection than in  
the previous fiscal year1 the ,secretary
 shall submit to ,congress1 and make    
available to the public on an           
appropriate website operated by the     
,secretary1 a report describing the     
reasons for the decrease4  7#e7         
,assessment ,not later than #b years    
after the date of enactment of this     
paragraph1 and every #b years           
thereafter1 the ,secretary shall assess 
the training program1 including by      
soliciting feedback from stakeholders1  
and update the training program as      
appropriate4  2 and  7#c7 by adding at  
the end the following3  7f7 ,trend      
assessment  7#a7 ,in general ,not later 
than #b years after the date of         
enactment of this subsection1 and at    

least every #b years thereafter1 the    
,secretary shall study1 using           
information reported by airports1 trends
 in the participation of small business 
concerns referred to in subsection 7b74 
7#b7 ,contents ,the study under         
paragraph 7#a7 shall include-- 7,a7 an  
analysis of whether the participation of
 small business concerns referred to in 
subsection 7b7 at reporting airports    
increased or decreased during the period
 studied1 including for such concerns   
that were first time participants2  7,b7
 an analysis of the factors relating to 
any significant increases or decreases  
in participation compared to prior      
years2 and  7,c7 development of a plan  
to respond to the results of the study1 
including development of recommendations
 for sharing best practices for         
maintaining or boosting participation4  
7#c7 ,reporting ,for each study         
completed under paragraph 7#a71 the     
,secretary shall submit to ,congress1   
and make available to the program       

contact at each airport that            
participates in the airport             
disadvantaged business enterprise       
program1 a report describing the results
 of the study4  4  #c4 ,passenger       
facility charges ,section #djaag7;c7 of 
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#e7 ,with respect to an    
application under this subsection that  
relates to an airport that participates 
in the airport disadvantaged business   
enterprise program referenced in section
 #adj7;a7 of the ,,faa ,modernization   
and ,reform ,act of #bjab 7#di ,u4,s4,c4
 #dgaac note71 the application shall    
include a detailed description of good  
faith efforts at the airport to contract
 with disadvantaged business enterprises
 in relation to any project that is a   
subject of the application and to ensure
 that all small businesses1 including   
those owned by veterans1 fairly compete 
for work funded with passenger facility 
charges4  4  #d4 ,annual tracking of    

certain new firms at airports with a    
disadvantaged business enterprise       
program  7a7 ,tracking required         
,beginning in fiscal year #bjbj1 and    
each fiscal year thereafter1 the        
,administrator of the ,federal ,aviation
 ,administration shall require each     
covered airport to report to the        
,administrator on the number of new     
disadvantaged business enterprises that 
were awarded a contract or concession   
during the previous fiscal year at the  
airport4  7b7 ,training ,the            
,administrator shall provide training to
 airports1 on an ongoing basis1 with    
respect to compliance with subsection   
7a74  7c7 ,reporting ,during the first  
fiscal year beginning after the date of 
enactment of this ,act and every fiscal 
year thereafter1 the ,administrator     
shall update db,e-,connect 7or any      
successor online reporting system7 to   
include information on the number of new
 disadvantaged business enterprises that
 were awarded a contract or concession  

during the previous fiscal year at a    
covered airport4  7d7 ,covered airport  
defined ,in this section1 the term      
covered airport means a large- or       
medium-hub airport that participates in 
the airport disadvantaged business      
enterprise program referenced in section
 #adj7;a7 of the ,,faa ,modernization   
and ,reform ,act of #bjab 7#di ,u4,s4,c4
 #dgaac note74  #e4 ,audits ,the        
,inspector ,general of the ,department  
of ,transportation shall conduct        
periodic audits regarding the accuracy  
of the data on disadvantaged business   
enterprises contained in the ,federal   
,aviation ,administration's reporting   
database related to such enterprises or 
any similar or successor online         
reporting database developed by the     
,administration4