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Clarification of certain elements of Department of Defense Mentor-Protege Program

Division A · Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters · Subtitle B: Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations

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Protege firms are limited to participating in one mentor-protege agreement at a time, and the time limit for participation starts after completing any previous agreement. Mentor firms must be for-profit entities that operate mainly in the United States. The term "program participation term" is clarified to refer specifically to the agreement, and mentor firms may be reimbursed through the agreement.

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(a) Clarification of limitation on protege firms participating in concurrent mentor-protege agreements

Subsection (c)(2) of section 4902 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

by inserting under subsection (e) after one agreement ; and

(2)

by striking during the 5-year period beginning on the date such concern enters into the first such agreement and inserting after the completion of any previous such agreement .

(b) Clarification of requirement that mentor firms must be for-profit firms

Subsection (d)(1) of such section is amended—

(1)

by striking and at the end of subparagraph (A);

(2)

by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and

(3)

by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph (B):

(B)

is an entity organized for profit that operates primarily within the United States; and

(c) Clarification of term of participation agreement

Subsection (e)(1)(B) of such section is amended by inserting for the agreement after A program participation term .

(d) Clarification of matters relating to reimbursement of mentor firms

Subsection (e)(2) of such section is amended by striking may be and inserting may provide reimbursement through after may be .