IMPORTANT NOTICE - Under 15 U.S.C. 645(d), any person who misrepresents a firm’s status as a small business in order to obtain a subcontract that is to be included as part or all of a goal contained in a subcontracting plan required pursuant to Section 8(d) of the Small Business Act, shall (1) be punished by imposition of a fine, imprisonment, or both; (2) be subject to administrative remedies; and (3) be ineligible for participation in programs conducted under the authority of the Act.