S. 5076 — Introduced in Senate

II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5076 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 14, 2022Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Peters, and Mr. Moran) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship A BILL To require training for employees of Federal agencies that award less than 3 percent of prime contracts to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act. 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administration; Administrator The terms Administration and Administrator mean the Small Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively. (2) Small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans The term small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans has the meaning given the term in section 3(q) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)). 3. Federal contracting opportunities for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans (a) Required training Notwithstanding the goals established under section 15(g)(1)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1)(A)) for each Federal agency, the Administration, in consultation with the Office of Veterans Business Development of the Administration, shall provide training to employees with responsibility for procurement or acquisition at any Federal agency that awards less than 3 percent of prime contracts and subcontracts to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans in a fiscal year. (b) Guidance Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Office of Veterans Business Development of the Administration, shall issue publicly available guidance for each Federal agency that is required to meet the goal under section 15(g)(1)(A)(ii) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1)(A)(ii)). (c) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Administration shall submit to Congress a report detailing, for the fiscal year covered by the report— (1) a list of each Federal agency that awarded less than the 3 percent of the prime contracts and subcontracts required under section 15(g)(1)(A)(ii) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1)(A)(ii)); (2) the number of training sessions provided by each such Federal agency under subsection (a); (3) an overview of the content included in those training sessions; and (4) whether additional contracting opportunities were provided to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.