Sec. 4. GAO Report
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With respect to the Small Business Administration’s procurement programs for women-owned small business concerns and for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an evaluation of the policies and practices used by the Administration and other Federal agencies to provide assurance that contracting officers are properly classifying sole source awards under those programs in the Federal Procurement Data System and that sole source contracts awarded under those programs are being awarded to eligible concerns.
No later than 18 months after the Small Business Administration implements the certification programs described under section 3, the Comptroller General shall issue a report to the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate containing the findings made in carrying out the study required under subsection (a). The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall review the report issued under subsection
(b)and take such actions as the Administrator may determine appropriate to address any concerns raised in such report and any recommendations contained in such report. After the review described under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall issue a report to the Congress— stating that no additional actions were necessary to address any concerns or recommendations contained in the report; or describing the actions taken by the Administrator to resolve such concerns or implement such recommendations.