---
kind: "section"
citation: "6 U.S.C. § 563d"
title: "6"
title_heading: "Domestic Security"
number: "563d"
heading: "Small business contracting goals"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/6/563d"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization"
  - "Subchapter XII–A — Transportation Security"
  - "Part B — Transportation Security Administration Acquisition Improvements"
---

# §563d. Small business contracting goals


Not later than 90 days after December 18, 2014, and annually thereafter, the [Administrator](/usc/6/701.md?p=1) shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on [Homeland](/usc/6/101.md?p=1) Security of the House of Representatives that includes—

- (1) the Administration’s performance record with respect to meeting its published small-business contracting goals during the preceding fiscal year;
- (2) if the goals described in [paragraph (1)](#1) were not met or the Administration’s performance was below the published small-business contracting goals of the [Department](/usc/6/101.md?p=5)—
  - (A) a list of challenges, including deviations from the Administration’s subcontracting plans, and factors that contributed to the level of performance during the preceding fiscal year;
  - (B) an action plan, with benchmarks, for addressing each of the challenges identified in [subparagraph (A)](#2-A) that—
    - (i) is prepared after consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/6/101.md?p=16) of Defense and the heads of Federal [departments](/usc/6/101.md?p=5) and [agencies](/usc/6/671.md?p=1) that achieved their published goals for prime contracting with small and minority-owned businesses, including small and disadvantaged businesses, in prior fiscal years; and
    - (ii) identifies policies and procedures that could be incorporated by the Administration in furtherance of achieving the Administration’s published goal for such contracting; and
- (3) a status report on the implementation of the action plan that was developed in the preceding fiscal year in accordance with [paragraph (2)(B)](#2-B), if such a plan was required.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–296, title XVI, § 1615, as added Pub. L. 113–245, § 3(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2876.)