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 PUBLIC LAW 106-50—AUG. 17, 1999 113 STAT. 249 information on such utilization as compared to the small business community as a whole; (2) the percentage and dollar value of Federal contracts awarded to such small business concerns during the preceding 12-month period, based on the data collected pursuant to section 604(d); and (3) proposals to improve the access of such small business concerns to the assistance made available by the United States. SEC. 604. DATA AND INFORMATION COLLECTION. (a) INFORMATION ON FEDERAL PROCUREMENT PRACTICES.— The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall, for each fiscal year— (1) collect information concerning the procurement practices and procedures of each department and agency of the United States having procurement authority; (2) publish and disseminate such information to procurement officers in all Federal agencies; and (3) make such information available to any small business concern requesting such information. (b) IDENTIFICATION OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED BY ELIGIBLE VETERANS.— Each fiscal year, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Emplo5anent and Training and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, identify small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans in the United States. The Secretary shall inform each small business concern identified under this paragraph that information on Federal procurement is available from the Administrator. (c) SELF-EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. —The Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to provide for coordination of vocational rehabilitation services, technical and managerial assistance, and financial assistance to vetereuis, including service-disabled veterans, seeking to employ themselves by forming or expanding small business concerns. The memorandum of understanding shall include recommendations for expanding existing programs or establishing new programs to provide such services or assistance to such veterans. (d) DATA COLLECTION REQUIRED.— The Federal Procurement Data System described in section 6(d)(4)(A) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 405(d)(4)(A)) shall be modified to collect data regarding the percentage and dollar value of prime contracts and subcontracts awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans and small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans. 15 USC 657b note. Publication. Memo rsuidums. TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC 701. ADMINISTRATOR'S ORDER. The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall strengthen and reissue the Administrator's order regarding the third sentence of section 4(b)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 15 USC 633 note.

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