,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #e1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,mills introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to change the percentage of    
outstanding stock that must be held     
through an employee stock ownership plan
 for the purposes of the pilot program  
to incentivize contracting with         
employee-owned businesses of the        
,department of ,defense1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,empowering         
,small-business ,ownership              
,participation ,act or the ,,esop ,act4 
#b4 ,change to ,,esop percentage        
requirement for pilot program to        
incentivize contracting with            
employee-owned businesses ,section #hgd 
of the ,national ,defense ,authorization
 ,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjbb 7#aj      
,u4,s4,c4 #cbjd note7 is amended-- 7#a7 
by striking wholly-owned each place it  

appears and inserting owned2  7#b7 in   
subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 in the heading1 by
 striking ,wholly-owned and inserting   
,owned2 and  7,b7 by striking #ajj      
percent and inserting not less than #cj 
percent2  7#c7 in subsection 7b71 in the
 heading1 by striking ,wholly-owned and 
inserting ,owned2 and  7#d7 in          
subsection 7c71 in the heading1 by      
striking ,wholly-owned and inserting    
,owned4