[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4330 Introduced in House (IH)]
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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4330
To amend the Small Business Act to add reporting requirements for
certain small business concerns, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 6, 2016
Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself and Mr. Curbelo of Florida)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Small Business
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A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to add reporting requirements for
certain small business concerns, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Contract Procurement for
Small Businesses through More Accurate Reporting Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.
Section 15(h)(2)(E) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
644(h)(2)(E)) is amended--
(1) in clause (i)--
(A) in subclause (III), by striking ``and'' at the
end; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subclauses:
``(V) that were purchased by
another entity after the initial
contract was awarded and as a result of
the purchase, would no longer be deemed
to be small business concerns for
purposes of the initial contract; and
``(VI) that were awarded using a
procurement method that restricted
competition to small business concerns
owned and controlled by service-
disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone
small business concerns, small business
concerns owned and controlled by
socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals, small business concerns
owned and controlled by women, or a
subset of any such concerns;'';
(2) in clause (ii)--
(A) in subclause (IV), by striking ``and'' at the
end; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subclauses:
``(VI) that were purchased by
another entity after the initial
contract was awarded and as a result of
the purchase, would no longer be deemed
to be small business concerns owned and
controlled by service-disabled veterans
for purposes of the initial contract;
and
``(VII) that were awarded using a
procurement method that restricted
competition to qualified HUBZone small
business concerns, small business
concerns owned and controlled by
socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals, small business concerns
owned and controlled by women, or a
subset of any such concerns;'';
(3) in clause (iii)--
(A) in subclause (V), by striking ``and'' at the
end; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subclauses:
``(VII) that were purchased by
another entity after the initial
contract was awarded and as a result of
the purchase, would no longer be deemed
to be qualified HUBZone small business
concerns for purposes of the initial
contract; and
``(VIII) that were awarded using a
procurement method that restricted
competition to small business concerns
owned and controlled by service-
disabled veterans, small business
concerns owned and controlled by
socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals, small business concerns
owned and controlled by women, or a
subset of any such concerns;'';
(4) in clause (iv)--
(A) in subclause (V), by striking ``and'' at the
end; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subclauses:
``(VII) that were purchased by
another entity after the initial
contract was awarded and as a result of
the purchase, would no longer be deemed
to be small business concerns owned and
controlled by socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals for purposes
of the initial contract; and
``(VIII) that were awarded using a
procurement method that restricted
competition to small business concerns
owned and controlled by service-
disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone
small business concerns, small business
concerns owned and controlled by women,
or a subset of any such concerns;'';
(5) in clause (v)--
(A) in subclause (IV), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) in subclause (V), by inserting ``and'' at the
end; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subclause:
``(VI) that were purchased by
another entity after the initial
contract was awarded and as a result of
the purchase, would no longer be deemed
to be small business concerns owned by
an Indian tribe other than an Alaska
Native Corporation for purposes of the
initial contract;'';
(6) in clause (vi)--
(A) in subclause (IV), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) in subclause (V), by inserting ``and'' at the
end; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subclause:
``(VI) that were purchased by
another entity after the initial
contract was awarded and as a result of
the purchase, would no longer be deemed
to be small business concerns owned by
a Native Hawaiian Organization for
purposes of the initial contract;'';
(7) in clause (vii)--
(A) in subclause (IV), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) in subclause (V), by striking ``and'' at the
end; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subclause:
``(VI) that were purchased by
another entity after the initial
contract was awarded and as a result of
the purchase, would no longer be deemed
to be small business concerns owned by
an Alaska Native Corporation for
purposes of the initial contract;
and''; and
(8) in clause (viii)--
(A) in subclause (VII), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) in subclause (VIII), by striking ``and'' at the
end; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subclauses:
``(IX) that were purchased by
another entity after the initial
contract was awarded and as a result of
the purchase, would no longer be deemed
to be small business concerns owned and
controlled by women for purposes of the
initial contract; and
``(X) that were awarded using a
procurement method that restricted
competition to small business concerns
owned and controlled by service-
disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone
small business concerns, small business
concerns owned and controlled by
socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals, or a subset of any such
concerns; and''.
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