; and . 5. Additional requirement for database (a) Administration access to database before the transfer date During the period between the date of the enactment of this Act and the transfer date, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide the Administrator of the Small Business Administration with access to the contents of the database described under section 8127(f) of title 38, United States Code. (b) Rule of construction Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act may be construed as prohibiting the Administrator of the Small Business Administration from combining the contents of the database described under section 8127(f) of title 38, United States Code, with other databases maintained by the Administration. (c) Recognition of the issuance of joint regulations The date specified under section 1832(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( 15 U.S.C. 632 note) shall be deemed to be October 1, 2018. 6. Procurement program for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans (a) Procurement program for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-Disabled veterans Section 36 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 657f ) is amended— (1) by striking subsections (d) and (e); (2) by redesignating subsections (a), (b), and (c) as subsections (c), (d), and (e) respectively; (3) by inserting before subsection (c), as so redesignated, the following: (a) Contracting officer defined For purposes of this section, the term contracting officer has the meaning given such term in section 2101 of title 41, United States Code. (b) Certification of small business concerns owned and controlled by service-Disabled veterans With respect to a procurement program or preference established under this Act or any other Federal law applicable to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, the Administrator shall— (1) certify the status of the concern as a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans