CONTRACT GOAL FOR MINORITIES IN PRINTING-RELATED SERVICES

SEC. 843. CONTRACT GOAL FOR MINORITIES IN PRINTING-RELATED SERVICES (a) Test Program.—The Public Printer shall establish and, during fiscal years 1989 and 1990, carry out a test program for increasing its award of contracts to small and disadvantaged businesses for the printing, binding, and related services needed by the Department of Defense. The program shall have a goal of procuring in each such fiscal year from such businesses printing, binding, and related services equivalent to not more than 5 percent of the value of the printing, binding, and related services which were procured in the preceding fiscal year by the Government Printing Office from non-Government sources for the Department of Defense. The Public Printer may use such procurement procedures as he considers necessary to facilitate achievement of such goal (b) Covered Entities.—In this section, the term “small and disadvantaged businesses” means the small business concerns, historically Black colleges and universities, and minority institutions described in section 1207(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 (Public Law 99–661; 100 Stat. 3973). (c) Enforcement.—Any person who, for the purpose of securing a contract under subsection (a), misrepresents the status of any con-102 STAT. 2027cern or person as a small business concern referred to in subsection (b), is subject to the penalties set forth in section 1207(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 (Public Law 99–661; 100 Stat. 3974). (d) Section 1207 Goals.—For the purpose of determining whether the Department of Defense has attained the goals set forth in section 1207 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 (Public Law 99–661; 100 Stat. 3973), the Secretary of Defense may count any procurements by the Public Printer in the program established under subsection (a).