TEST PROGRAM FOR USE OF BOND WAIVER AUTHORITY UNDER SMALL BUSINESS ACT TO ASSIST CERTAIN SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS CONCERNS

SEC. 833. TEST PROGRAM FOR USE OF BOND WAIVER AUTHORITY UNDER SMALL BUSINESS ACT TO ASSIST CERTAIN SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS CONCERNS The Secretary of Defense and the Small Business Administration shall establish a program for fiscal years 1990 and 1991 to test the use of the authority provided by section 7(j)(13)(D) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 63G(j)(13)(D)). Under the test program, the Secretary of Defense shall make every reasonable effort during each such fiscal year to award not less than 30 contracts for construction projects (including repair and alteration of existing facilities) to participants in the Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development Program of the Small Business Administration who have been granted surety bond exemptions under the authority provided by section 7(j)(13)(D) of such Act.