Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Education for Contracting Personnel Improvement Act of 2016”.
Education for Contracting Personnel Improvement Act of 2016
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide information on regulatory changes and regulatory compliance training materials to certain entities.
Sec. 2 Requirement to provide information on regulatory changes and regulatory compliance training materials to certain entities
Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(t) Regulatory changes and training materials—Not less than annually, the Administrator shall provide to the Defense Acquisition University (established under section 1746 of title 10, United States Code), the Federal Acquisition Institute (established under section 1201 of title 41, United States Code), the individual responsible for mandatory training and education of the acquisition workforce of each agency (described under section 1703(f)(1)(C) of title 41, United States Code), small business development centers (as defined in section 21), and entities participating in the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program under chapter 142 of title 10, United States Code—
“(1) a list of all changes made in the prior year to regulations promulgated—
“(A) by the Administrator that affect Federal acquisition; and
“(B) by the Federal Acquisition Council that implement changes to this Act; and
“(2) any materials the Administrator has developed to explain, train, or assist Federal agencies or departments or small business concerns to comply with the regulations specified in paragraph (1).”