The following are OSDBU's program responsibilities required by statutes:
Public Law 95-507, Chapter 3, Section 221, October 24,1978 - An Act to Amend the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.

Public Law 95-238, the Department of Energy Act of 1978 as amended, requires the DOE to submit an annual report to congress on its small business achievements and activities.

Public Law 100-656, November 15, 1988 - "Business Opportunity Development Reform Act of 1988", Section 501 amends Section 8(a)(12) of the Small Business Act, and requires the agency to publish a procurement forecasts semiannually of DOE's contract opportunities, A Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program to determine set-asides status for DIGS quarterly and advise contracting activities and establishes a 5 percent small disadvantaged business and 20 percent small business procurement goal.
Public Law 101-574, November 15, 1990 - "Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1990", Section 208, requires the agencies to monitor bundling of contractors which restrict opportunities to small firms.
Public Law 103-355, October 13, 1994 - "Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act", Section 7106, mandates establishment of Government-wide procurement goal of not less than 5 percent of all prime contract and subcontract awards for each fiscal year for small businesses owned by women (WOB).
Public Law 103-403, October 22, 1994 - "Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1994", Section 304,requires the establishment of a pilot program to provide improved access to Federal contract opportunities for very small business concerns.
Public Law 102-366, January 3, 1992 - "Small Business Credit and Business Opportunity Enhancement Act of 1992 requires extension of the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program from September 30, 1992 to September 30, 1996.
Public Law 102-486, October 24, 1992 - "Energy Policy Act of 1992", Section 3021, requires the agency contract awards under Act should provide for no less than a 10 percent obligation to small disadvantaged or women owned business, historically Black colleges and universities and colleges and universities having a student body of 20 percent or more Hispanic Americans or Native Americans.
Pubic Law 100-496, October 17, 1988 - "Prompt Payment Act Amendments of 1988", Section 12., amends Section 15(k) of the Small Business Act and requires OSDBU assistance to small businesses in obtaining late payment and interest penalties.
Public Law 100-533, October 25, 1988 - "Women's Business Ownership Act of 1988", Section 502, requires the agency reporting requirements on first time recipients of contracts.
Public Law 104-106, February 10, 1996 - "Federal Acquisition Reform Act", Section 4302, reserves small business purchase set-asides up to $100,000.
Public Law 104.121, "Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996." "(B) establish means to receive comments from small business concerns regarding actions by agency employees conducting compliance or enforcement activities with respect to the small business concern, means to refer comments to the Inspector General of the affected agency in the appropriate circumstances, and otherwise seek to maintain the identity of the person and small business concern making such comments on a confidential basis to the same extent as employee identities are protected under section 7 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.);
"(C) based on substantiated comments received from small business concerns and the Boards, annually report to Congress and affected agencies evaluating the enforcement activities of agency personnel including a rating of the responsiveness to small business of the various regional and program offices of each agency;
Public Law 106-50, the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999, amended the Small Business Act by adding Small Businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans to the categories of small businesses for which the federal agencies develop prime contract goals.
Executive Order 13170, "Increasing Opportunities and Access for Disadvantaged Businesses," dated October 6, 2000 requires agencies to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for increasing small disadvantaged, 8(a) and minority business enterprise participation in contracting opportunities.
Executive Order 13157, "Increasing Opportunities for Women-Owned Small Business" dated May 25, 2000. This Order reaffirms the Administration's commitment to meeting a five percent goal for Federal government procurement of goods and services from women-owned businesses. The Executive Order directs departments and agencies to take a series of steps to make this goal a reality.
Executive Order 12928, "Promoting Procurement with Small Businesses Owned and Controlled by Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Minority Institutions, dated September 16, 1994.
Executive Order 12432, "Minority Business Enterprise Development", dated July 14, 1983.
Executive Order 12138, "Creating a National Women's Business Enterprise Policy and Prescribing Arrangements for Developing, Coordinating and Implementing a National Program for Women's Business Enterprise", dated May 18, 1979.
Executive Order 11625, "Prescribing Additional Arrangements for Developing and Coordinating a National Program for Minority Business Enterprise", dated October 13, 1971.
Executive Order 11458, "Prescribing Arrangements for Developing and Coordinating a National Program for Minority Business Enterprise", dated March 5, 1969