[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7076 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7076

To require the Secretary of Defense to report on certain contracts and 
       awards to small business concerns, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 14, 2026

 Ms. Scholten introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Defense to report on certain contracts and 
       awards to 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. STUDY ON CERTAIN CONTRACTS AND AWARDS TO SMALL BUSINESS 
              CONCERNS.

    (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the 
Office of Small Business Programs, shall carry out a study to review 
contracts awarded with a value at or below the simplified acquisition 
threshold (as defined in section 3015 of title 10, United States Code) 
to determine if the Department of Defense is ensuring full 
consideration and application of requirements relating to small 
business concerns (as defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632)).
    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship of the Senate a report on the results of the study 
required by this section. Such report shall include--
            (1) the total dollar amount of contracts awarded with a 
        value at or below the simplified acquisition threshold during 
        the five-year period preceding the date of the report, 
        including the percentage of such contracts and the aggregate 
        dollar amount of such contracts awarded to small business 
        concerns;
            (2) an overview of the types of contracts with a value at 
        or below the simplified acquisition threshold, and description 
        of the products or services, that were not awarded to small 
        business concerns;
            (3) an overview of the reasons why a contract with a value 
        at or below the simplified acquisition threshold may not be set 
        aside for small business concerns;
            (4) any trends, themes, or patterns of contracts with a 
        value at or below the simplified acquisition threshold that 
        were awarded to entities that are not small business concerns 
        when such a contract should have been subject to a requirement 
        to be set aside for small business concerns; and
            (5) recommendations for changes to statute, regulation, 
        policy, or guidance that would ensure full consideration and 
        application of requirement to set aside contracts for small 
        business concerns.
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