§ 720j. Sense of Congress concerning participation by small business concerns

Statutory text

Definition of small business concern

In this section, the term “small business concern” has the meaning given the term in section 632(a) of this title.

Sense of Congress

It is the sense of Congress that—

an Alaska natural gas transportation project would provide significant economic benefits to the United States and Canada; and

to maximize those benefits, the sponsors of the Alaska natural gas transportation project should maximize the participation of small business concerns in contracts and subcontracts awarded in carrying out the project.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

2004
Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2005
Pub. L. 108–324 div. C § 112 · 118 Stat. 1220
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 720j
Pub. L. 108–324, div. C, § 112, Oct. 13, 2004, 118 Stat. 1263
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 108–324, div. C, § 112, Oct. 13, 2004, 118 Stat. 1263
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 112. None of the funds made available in this Act for military construction in the United States territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Sea, may be used to award any contract estimated by the Government to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: Provided further, That this section shall not apply to contract awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese contractor.
2009
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010
Pub. L. 111–68 div. A title I § 1501(b) · 123 Stat. 2023
Struck · 15 U.S.C. § 720j(c)
Pub. L. 111–68 struck out subsec. (c) which related to study to determine extent to which small business concerns participate in construction of oil and gas pipelines in the United States
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–68 struck out subsec. (c) which related to study to determine extent to which small business concerns participate in construction of oil and gas pipelines in the United States.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Audits of Small Business Participation in Construction of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline.— Section 112 of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act (15 U.S.C. 720j) is amended by striking subsection (c).

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2009—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–68 struck out subsec. (c) which related to study to determine extent to which small business concerns participate in construction of oil and gas pipelines in the United States.

Credits

2004–2009 · 2 acts

2004Pub. L. 108–324, div. C, § 112, Oct. 13, 2004, 118 Stat. 1263
2009Pub. L. 111–68, div. A, title I, § 1501(b), Oct. 1, 2009, 123 Stat. 2041.

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(Pub. L. 108–324, div. C, § 112, Oct. 13, 2004, 118 Stat. 1263; Pub. L. 111–68, div. A, title I, § 1501(b), Oct. 1, 2009, 123 Stat. 2041.)