Heads of agencies shall provide opportunities
for service-disabled veteran businesses to increase Federal contracting and
subcontracting by more effectively implementing section 15(g) of the Small
Business Act (15 USC 644(g)), which provides that the President must establish
a goal of not less than 3 percent for participation by service-disabled
veteran businesses in Federal contracting and section 36 of that Act (15 USC
657f) which gives agency contracting officers the authority to reserve certain
procurements for service-disabled veteran businesses.
Agency
heads shall develop strategies to implement the above-mentioned policies, make
the agency's strategy publicly available and designate a senior-level official
to develop and implement that strategy.
Included
in the agency's strategy, plans for reserving contracts exclusively for
service-disabled veteran businesses, encourage and facilitate participation in
competition for contracts, encourage contractors to subcontract with
service-disabled veteran businesses and train on applicable law and policies
relating to participation.
Additional
duties of the Secretaries of Labor and Veterans Affairs shall be to direct the
Transitional Assistance and Disabled Transition Assistance Programs to educate
separating service members about the benefits and potential entrepreneurial
opportunities available to service-disabled veteran business.