,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ddag  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bc1      
#bjbd,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,small   
,business and ,entrepreneurship  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend the ,small ,business  
,act to require training on increasing  
contract awards to small business       
concerns owned and controlled by        
service-disabled veterans1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,service-,disabled  
,veteran ,opportunities in ,small       
,business ,act4  #b4 ,training on       
increasing contract awards to small     
business concerns owned and controlled  
by service-disabled veterans ,section   
#cf of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae   
,u4,s4,c4 #feg;f7 is amended by adding  
at the end the following3  7j7 ,training
 on increasing contract awards to small 
business concerns owned and controlled  
by service-,disabled veterans  7#a7 ,in 

general ,the ,administrator1 in         
consultation with the ,office of        
,veterans ,business ,development1 shall 
provide to covered employees at each    
,federal agency that has not met the    
goal established under section          
#ae7;g77#a77;,a77ii7 training on how to 
increase the number of contracts awarded
 to small business concerns owned and   
controlled by service-disabled veterans4
  7#b7 ,guidance ,not later than #ahj   
days after the date of enactment of this
 subsection1 the ,administrator1 in     
consultation with the ,office of        
,veterans ,business ,development1 shall 
issue guidance and best practices on    
increasing the number of contracts      
awarded to small businesses owned and   
controlled by service-disabled veterans 
for ,federal agencies to which the goal 
established under section               
#ae7;g77#a77;,a77ii7 applies4  7#c7     
,report ,not later than #a year after   
the date of enactment of this           
subsection1 and annually thereafter1 the

 ,administration shall submit to        
,congress a report detailing1 for the   
fiscal year covered by the report-- 7,a7
 a list of each ,federal agency that    
failed to meet the goal established     
under section #ae7;g77#a77;,a77ii72     
7,b7 the number of trainings provided to
 each ,federal agency described in      
paragraph 7#a72 and  7,c7 an overview of
 the content included in the training   
sessions described in subparagraph 7,b74
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