DATA AND INFORMATION COLLECTION.

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’ Employment 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 veterans, 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.