Sec. 334. Report on use of certain business concerns
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congressional intelligence communities a report on the representation, as of the date of the report, of covered business concerns among the contractors that are awarded contracts by elements of the intelligence community for goods, equipment, tools, and services. The report under subsection
(a)shall include the following: The representation of covered business concerns as described in subsection (a), including such representation by— each type of covered business concern; and each element of the intelligence community. If, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director does not record and monitor the statistics required to carry out this section, a description of the actions taken by the Director to ensure that such statistics are recorded and monitored beginning in fiscal year 2016. The actions the Director plans to take during fiscal year 2016 to enhance the awarding of contracts to covered business concerns by elements of the intelligence community. In this section, the term covered business concerns means the following: Minority-owned businesses. Women-owned businesses. Small disadvantaged businesses. Service-disabled veteran-owned businesses. Veteran-owned small businesses.