CLARIFICATION TO SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ACT.

SEC. 850. CLARIFICATION TO SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ACT. The Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 644 note) is amended— (1) in section 732, by striking out the second sentence; and (2) in section 717, by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(f) Size Standards.— “(1) In general.—Any numerical size standard that is assigned to a standard industrial classification code (or a subdivision of such a code) for any of the designated industry groups described in subsections (b), (c), and (a) of this section and that was in effect on September 30, 1988, shall remain in effect for the duration of the Program (as specified in section 711(c)). “(2) Engineering services other than architectural and engineering services.—The limitation imposed by paragraph (1) does not preclude modification to the numerical size standard assigned to those subdivisions of standard industrial classification code 8711 that are not subject to the Program, including— “(A) engineering services—military and aerospace equipment and military weapons; “(B) engineering services—marine engineering and naval architecture; or “(C) any successor to a subdivision described in subparagraph (A) or (B).”.