“In this Act:“(1) Administrator.—The term ‘Administrator’ means the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy.
“(2) Appropriate congressional committees.—The term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means—“(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate; and
“(B) the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on Oversight and Reform [now Committee on Oversight and Accountability], and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives.
“(3) Council.—The term ‘Council’ means the Chief Acquisition Officers Council established under section 1311 of title 41, United States Code.
“(4) Department.—The term ‘Department’ means the Department of Homeland Security.
“(5) Homeland security enterprise.—The term ‘Homeland Security Enterprise’ has the meaning given the term in section 2211(h) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 661(h)) [see 6 U.S.C. 650(11)].
“(6) Scorecard.—The term ‘scorecard’ means the scorecard described in section 868(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 [Pub. L. 114–92] (15 U.S.C. 644 note) [now 15 U.S.C. 644(y)(6)].
“(7) Secretary.—The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
“(8) Small business.—The term ‘small business’ means—“(A) a qualified HUBZone small business concern, a small business concern, a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, or a small business concern owned and controlled by women, as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632);
“(B) a small business concern owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, as defined in section 8(d)(3)(C) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)(C)); or
“(C) a small business concern unconditionally owned by an economically disadvantaged Indian tribe or an economically disadvantaged Native Hawaiian organization that qualifies as a socially and economically disadvantaged small business concern, as defined in section 8(a)(4) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(4)).
“(9) Under secretary.—The term ‘Under Secretary’ means the Under Secretary for Management of the Department.
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