; and (B) the ownership structures of an employee stock ownership plan or an eligible worker-owned cooperative should not prevent an otherwise eligible entity from accessing set-aside procurement programs. (3) Study and report (A) Study The Administrator, in coordination with stakeholders, including women-owned small business third-party certifiers and relevant Federal agencies, shall study and recommend alternatives to unconditional ownership and control requirements for employee stock ownership plans and eligible worker-owned cooperatives that would enable access to set-aside procurement programs. (B) Report Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress the recommendations developed under subparagraph (A) and a plan to implement the recommendations for all set-aside procurement programs, including identifying any applicable statutory changes necessary to implement such recommendations. (b) Rulemaking Not later than 180 days after the submission of the report required under subsection (a)(3)(B), the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall issue or revise any applicable rules to carry out the recommendations formed in the report. (c) Grace period (1) Small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 637(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (22) Concerns owned by employee stock ownership plans or eligible worker-owned cooperatives (A) In general For the purposes of determining ownership and control of a concern under this subsection for award of a contract through a competition restricted to small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, any interest in such concern held by an employee stock ownership plan or an eligible worker-owned cooperative shall be treated in the same manner as an interest held by the socially and economically disadvantaged individuals upon whom