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§563d Small Business Contracting Goals

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Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Not later than 90 days after December 18, 2014, and annually after that, the Administrator must send a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. The report must show how the Administration did on its published small-business contracting goals for the prior fiscal year. If the goals were not met or performance was below the Department’s goals, the report must list the problems (including any departures from subcontracting plans) and explain the reasons. It must also include an action plan with benchmarks for fixing each problem, prepared after consulting the Secretary of Defense and the heads of agencies that met their prime-contracting goals for small and minority-owned businesses (including small disadvantaged businesses) in past years, and it must say what policies or procedures could help reach the goal. Finally, the report must give a status update on the previous year’s action plan if one was needed.

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Title 6, §563d

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Not later than 90 days after December 18, 2014, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives that includes—

(1)the Administration’s performance record with respect to meeting its published small-business contracting goals during the preceding fiscal year;

(2)if the goals described in paragraph (1) were not met or the Administration’s performance was below the published small-business contracting goals of the Department—

(A)a list of challenges, including deviations from the Administration’s subcontracting plans, and factors that contributed to the level of performance during the preceding fiscal year;

(B)an action plan, with benchmarks, for addressing each of the challenges identified in subparagraph (A) that—

(i)is prepared after consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of Federal departments and agencies that achieved their published goals for prime contracting with small and minority-owned businesses, including small and disadvantaged businesses, in prior fiscal years; and

(ii)identifies policies and procedures that could be incorporated by the Administration in furtherance of achieving the Administration’s published goal for such contracting; and

(3)a status report on the implementation of the action plan that was developed in the preceding fiscal year in accordance with paragraph (2)(B), if such a plan was required.

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6 U.S.C. § 563d

Title 6 — Domestic Security

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60