PUBLIC LAW 105-135—DEC. 2, 1997 111 STAT. 2631 Assistant Secretary for Indiem Affairs), shall promptly provide to the Administrator such information as the Administrator determines to be necessary to carry out this subsection, "(4) PENALTIES. —In addition to the penalties described in section 16(d), any small business concern that is determined by the Administrator to have misrepresented the status of that concern as a 'HUBZone small business concern' for purposes of this section, shall be subject to— "(A) section 1001 of title 18, United States Code; and "(B) sections 3729 through 3733 of title 31, United States Code.". (2) INITIAL LIMITED APPLICABILITY. —During the period 15 USC 657a beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending ^o^- on September 30, 2000, section 31 of the Small Business Act (as added by paragraph (1) of this subsection) shall apply only to procurements by— (A) the Department of Defense; (B) the Department of Agriculture; (C) the Department of Health and Human Services; (D) the Department of Transportation; (E) the Department of Energy; (F) the Department of Housing and Urban Development; (G) the Environmental Protection Agency; (H) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (I) the General Services Administration; and (J) the Department of Veterans Affairs. SEC. 603. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ACT. (a) PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACTS.— Section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1>— (A) in the first sentence, by striking "„ small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals" and inserting ", qualified HUBZone small business concerns, small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals"; and (B) in the second sentence, by inserting "qualified HUBZone small business concerns," after "small business concerns,"; (2) in paragraph (3)— (A) by inserting "qualified HUBZone small business concerns," after "small business concerns," each place that term appears; and (B) by adding at the end the following: "(F) In this contract, the term 'qualified HUBZone small business concern' has the meaning given that term in section 3(p) of the Small Business Act."; (3) in paragraph (4)(E), by striking "small business concerns and" and inserting "small business concerns, qualified HUBZone small business concerns, and"; (4) in paragraph (6), by inserting "qualified HUBZone small business concerns," after "small business concerns," each place that term appears; and
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