Sec. 303. state of small business
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## Sec. 303 state of small business **[**[15 U.S.C. 631b](/us/usc/t15/s631b)**]** ###
(a)The president shall transmit to the congress not later than January 20 of each year a report on small business and competition which shall— ####
(1)examine the current role of small business in the economy on an industry-by-industry basis; ####
(2)present current and historical data on production, employment, investment, population, job creation and retention, annual business failures, annual business startups, and other economic variables for small business in the economy as a whole and for small business in each sector of the economy, with, to the extent practicable, specific statistics divided as to urban, suburban, and rural areas; ####
(3)identify economic trends which will or may affect the small business sector and the state of competition; ####
(4)examine the effects on small business and competition of policies, programs, and activities, including, but not limited to the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Securities Act of 1933, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and regulations promulgated thereunder; identify problems generated by such policies, programs, and activities; and recommend legislative and administrative solutions to such problems; and ####
(5)recommend a program for carrying out the policy declared in section 302 of this Act, together with such recommendations for legislation as he may deem necessary or desirable. ###
(b)The President also shall transmit simultaneously as an appendix to such annual report, a report, by agency and department, on the to total dollar value of all Federal contracts exceeding $10,000 in amount and the dollar amount (including the subcontracts thereunder in excess of $10,000) awarded to small, minority-owned , female-owned, and veteran-owned businesses. ###
(c)The President may transmit from time to time to the Congress Supplementary reports supplementary to the Report on Small Business and Competition, each of which shall include such supplementary or revised, recommendations as he may deem necessary or desirable to achieve the policy declared in section 302 of this Act. ###
(d)The Report on Small Business and Competition and all supplementary reports transmitted under subsections
(b)and
(c)of this section shall, when transmitted to Congress, be referred to the Senate Select Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives. ### (e)1 The information and data required to be reported pursuant to subsection
(a)shall separately detail those portions of such information and data that are relevant to— ####
(1)small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, by gender, as defined pursuant to section 8(d) of the Small Business Act; ####
(2)small business concerns owned and controlled by women; and #### (3)2 qualified HUBZone small business concern (as defined in section 3(p) of the Small Business Act). ####
(3)small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, as defined in section 3(q) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)), and small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, as defined in such section 3(q). 1There are two subsection (e)s’ in law. P.L. 100–533 and P.L. 100–590 added subsections
(e)which were identical, except that the subsection
(e)added by P.L. 100–533, which is set out as text of this section, contained the phrase “, by gender,” in paragraph. (1). 2There are two paragraph (3)s’ in law.
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