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 124 STAT. 3365 PUBLIC LAW 111–314—DEC. 18, 2010 that will commit to donating appropriate technical assistance to small businesses, giving preference to socially and economi- cally disadvantaged small business concerns, small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and HUBZone small business concerns. This paragraph shall not apply to any contracting actions entered into or taken by the Administration. (3) CREATING NETWORK OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS.—Creating a network of economic development organizations to increase the awareness and enhance the effectiveness of the program nationwide. (c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after October 15, 2008, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit a report to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Rep- resentatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate describing the efforts and accomplish- ments of the program established under subsection (a) in support of the Administration’s Innovative Partnerships Program. As part of the report, the Administrator shall provide— (1) data on the number of small businesses receiving assist- ance, jobs created and retained, and volunteer hours donated by the Administration, contractors, and academic institutions nationwide; (2) an estimate of the total dollar value of the economic impact made by small businesses that received technical assist- ance through the program; and (3) an accounting of the use of funds appropriated for the program. § 30306. Small business contracting (a) PLAN.—In consultation with the Small Business Administra- tion, the Administrator shall develop a plan to maximize the number and amount of contracts awarded to small business concerns (within the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) and to meet established contracting goals for such concerns. (b) PRIORITY.—The Administrator shall establish as a priority meeting the contracting goals developed in conjunction with the Small Business Administration to maximize the amount of prime contracts, as measured in dollars, awarded in each fiscal year by the Administration to small business concerns (within the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)). § 30307. Requirement for independent cost analysis (a) DEFINITION OF IMPLEMENTATION.—In this section, the term ‘‘implementation’’ means all activity in the life cycle of a project after preliminary design, independent assessment of the prelimi- nary design, and approval to proceed into implementation, including critical design, development, certification, launch, operations, dis- posal of assets, and, for technology programs, development, testing, analysis, and communication of the results. (b) REQUIREMENT.—Before any funds may be obligated for implementation of a project that is projected to cost more than $250,000,000 in total project costs, the Administrator shall conduct and consider an independent life-cycle cost analysis of the project and shall report the results to Congress. In developing cost