[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5450 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5450

  To amend the Small Business Act to modify the application of price 
evaluation preference for qualified HUBZone small business concerns to 
               certain contracts, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 2023

  Ms. Scholten (for herself and Ms. Salazar) 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 modify the application of price 
evaluation preference for qualified HUBZone small business concerns to 
               certain contracts, 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. APPLICATION OF PRICE EVALUATION PREFERENCE FOR QUALIFIED 
              HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS TO CERTAIN CONTRACTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 31(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 657a(c)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Application to certain contracts.--The 
                requirements of subparagraph (A) shall apply to an 
                unrestricted order issued under an unrestricted 
                multiple award contract or the unrestricted portion of 
                a contract that is partially set aside for competition 
                restricted to small business concerns.''.
    (b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration shall revise any rules or guidance to implement the 
requirements of this section.
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