Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 100 Part 2.djvu/831

 PUBLIC LAW 99-500—OCT. 18, 1986

100 STAT. 1783-150

"(C) The Administrator shall prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection. "(5) The Administrator shall conduct a review under the program established under paragraph (2) at least once during every three years. Such review shall be completed and appropriate size standard adjustments made with the expiration of 180 days after each threeyear review period.". (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as otherwise provided in subsection (h), the amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 1987. (h) INITIAL REVIEW OF SIZE STANDARDS.—(1) Paragraph (2)

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section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (as added by subsection (f)) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) The first review conducted by the Administrator under such paragraph shall review the periods beginning on October 1, 1983, and ending on September 30, 1986, and shall be completed not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (3) If the Administrator of the Small Business Administration determines, on the basis of the review referred to in paragraph (2), that contracts awarded under the set-aside programs under sections 8(a) and 15(a) of the Small Business Act in any industry category subject to that review exceed 30 percent of the dollar value of the total contract awards for that industry category, as determined in accordance with the last sentence of section 15(a)(3) of such Act, the Administrator shall propose adjustments to the size standards for such industry category establishing eligibility for a set-aside program to a size that will likely reduce the number of contracts which may be set aside to approximately 30 percent of the value of contracts to be awarded under such sections. The Administrator shall publish such proposed adjustments in the Federal Register for public comment. The Administrator may not issue final regulations implementing revised size standards for an industry category under section 3(a)(3) of such Act (as added by subsection (f)) until October 1, 1987. (i) REPORT ON EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS MADE BY THIS SECTION.—(1)

The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services and the Committees on Small Business of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the amendments made by this section. The report shall include the Administrator's views on the advisability and feasibility of implementing such amendments. (2) The report shall also include— (B) the Administrator's findings and determinations under the review of size standards for businesses that qualify as small businesses carried out pursuant to section 3(a)(2)(B) of the Small Business Act (as amended by subsection (f)); (B) a determination of whether or not the amendments made by subsection (f) will further the interests of the set-aside program; and (C) recommendations for furthering the interests described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) in a more efficient or more effective manner than provided in such amendments. (3) In preparing the report required by paragraph (1), the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall seek the views of all affected agencies of the Government and the views of the public, including the views of business concerns of all sizes and of trade, business^ and professional organizations. The views of such

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