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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Compilation 10823 · Sec. 2912

Sec. 2912. PREFERENCE FOR LOCAL AND SMALL BUSINESSES

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## SEC. 2912 PREFERENCE FOR LOCAL AND SMALL BUSINESSES **[**[10 U.S.C. 2687 note](/us/usc/t10/s2687)**]** ###
(a)Preference Required In entering into contracts with private entities as part of the closure or realignment of a military installation under a base closure law, the Secretary of Defense shall give preference, to the greatest extent practicable, to qualified businesses located in the vicinity of the installation and to small business concerns and small disadvantaged business concerns. Contracts for which this preference shall be given shall include contracts to carry out activities for the environmental restoration and mitigation at military installations to be closed or realigned. ###
(b)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)The term “**small business concern**” means a business concern meeting the requirements of section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). ####
(2)The term “**small disadvantaged business concern**” means the business concerns referred to in section 8(d)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(1)). ####
(3)The term “**base closure law**” includes section 2687 of title 10, United States Code. * * * * * * *
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