51 USC § 30306 - Small business contracting

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title: "51 USC § 30306 - Small business contracting"
title_number: 51
title_name: "NATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRAMS"
section_number: "30306"
section_name: "Small business contracting"
chapter_number: 303
chapter_name: "CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3365.)"
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# § 30306. Small business contracting

**(a)** **Plan.—** In consultation with the Small Business Administration, the Administrator shall develop a plan to maximize the number and amount of contracts awarded to small business concerns (within the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) and to meet established contracting goals for such concerns.

**(b)** **Priority.—** The Administrator shall establish as a priority meeting the contracting goals developed in conjunction with the Small Business Administration to maximize the amount of prime contracts, as measured in dollars, awarded in each fiscal year by the Administration to small business concerns (within the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3365.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 30306 | 42 U.S.C. 16821. | Pub. L. 109–155, title VII, § 707, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2937. |