124 STAT. 2546 PUBLIC LAW 111–240—SEPT. 27, 2010 Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)) is reviewed under paragraph (1) not less frequently than once every 5 years. (b) RULES.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall promulgate rules for conducting the reviews required under subsection (a). SEC. 1345. STUDY AND REPORT ON THE MENTOR-PROTEGE PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the mentor-protege program of the Adminis- tration for small business concerns participating in programs under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)), and other relationships and strategic alliances pairing a larger business and a small business concern partner to gain access to Federal Government contracts, to determine whether the programs and relationships are effectively supporting the goal of increasing the participation of small business concerns in Government contracting. (b) MATTERS TO BE STUDIED.—The study conducted under this section shall include— (1) a review of a broad cross-section of industries; and (2) an evaluation of— (A) how each Federal agency carrying out a program described in subsection (a) administers and monitors the program; (B) whether there are systems in place to ensure that the mentor-protege relationship, or similar affiliation, pro- motes real gain to the protege, and is not just a mechanism to enable participants that would not otherwise qualify under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) to receive contracts under that section; and (C) the degree to which protege businesses become able to compete for Federal contracts without the assistance of a mentor. (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study conducted under this section. SEC. 1346. CONTRACTING GOALS REPORTS. Section 15(h)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(h)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘submit them’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the following:’’ and inserting ‘‘submit to the President and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representa- tives the compilation and analysis, which shall include the fol- lowing:’’. SEC. 1347. SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING PARITY. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— (1) the terms ‘‘Administration’’ and ‘‘Administrator’’ mean the Small Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively; and (2) the terms ‘‘HUBZone small business concern’’, ‘‘small business concern’’, ‘‘small business concern owned and con- trolled by service-disabled veterans’’, and ‘‘small business con- cern owned and controlled by women’’ have the same meanings as in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 15 USC 637 note.
