Pub. L. 111-240, tit. I, subtit. C, pt. III, sec. 1333
AGENCY ACCOUNTABILITY.
SEC. 1333. AGENCY ACCOUNTABILITY. Section 15(g)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(2)) is amended—(1) by inserting “(A)” after “(2)”;(2) by striking “Goals established” and inserting the following:“(B) Goals established”;(3) by striking “Whenever” and inserting the following:“(C) Whenever”;(4) by striking “For the purpose of” and inserting the following:“(D) For the purpose of”;(5) by striking “The head of each Federal agency, in attempting to attain such participation” and inserting the following:“(E) The head of each Federal agency, in attempting to attain the participation described in subparagraph (D)”.(6) in subparagraph (E), as so designated—(A) by striking “(A) contracts” and inserting “(i) contracts”; and(B) by striking “(B) contracts” and inserting “(ii) contracts”; and(7) by adding at the end the following:“(F)(i) Each procurement employee or program manager described in clause (ii) shall communicate to the subordinates of the procurement employee or program manager the importance of achieving small business goals.“(ii) A procurement employee or program manager described in this clause is a senior procurement executive, senior program manager, or Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of a Federal agency having contracting authority.”.