LOCAL CONTRACTING PREFERENCES AND INCENTIVES.

SEC. 2108. LOCAL CONTRACTING PREFERENCES AND INCENTIVES. Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) is amended by inserting after subsection (e) the following: “(f) Contracting Preference for Small Business Concerns in a Major Disaster Area.— “(1) Definition.—In this subsection, the term ‘disaster area’ means the area for which the President has declared a major disaster, during the period of the declaration. “(2) Contracting preference.—An agency shall provide a contracting preference for a small business concern located in a disaster area if the small business concern will perform the work required under the contract in the disaster area. “(3) Credit for meeting contracting goals.—If an agency awards a contract to a small business concern under the circumstances described in paragraph (2), the value of the contract shall be doubled for purposes of determining compliance with the goals for procurement contracts under subsection (g)(1)(A).” .