[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 789 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                  Union Calendar No. 24
119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 789

                          [Report No. 119-35]

 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
  issue rules for cancelled covered solicitations, to amend the Small 
Business Act to provide assistance to small business concerns relating 
      to certain cancelled solicitations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2025

  Mr. Latimer (for himself, Mr. Alford, and Mr. Mfume) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

                             March 24, 2025

                   Additional sponsor: Ms. Goodlander

                             March 24, 2025

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed


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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
  issue rules for cancelled covered solicitations, to amend the Small 
Business Act to provide assistance to small business concerns relating 
      to certain cancelled solicitations, 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 ``Transparency and Predictability in 
Small Business Opportunities Act''.

SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION RULES FOR CANCELLED COVERED 
              SOLICITATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration shall issue rules as follows:
            (1) Requiring disclosure of information about a covered 
        solicitation that was issued and cancelled that includes the 
        following:
                    (A) A justification for the cancellation of such 
                covered solicitation.
                    (B) Available information about any plans to 
                reissue such covered solicitation and any associated 
                timeframes for such reissuance.
                    (C) Available information about any plans to 
                include the requirements of such covered solicitation 
                in another contract or task order of the Federal 
                agency.
            (2) With respect to a cancelled covered solicitation which 
        the Federal agency does not intend to reissue, establishing 
        procedures for the referral of a small business concern (as 
        defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        632)) that prepared a bid for such covered solicitation to the 
        Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (as 
        defined in section 15(k) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k))) of the 
        Federal agency for assistance in identifying similar 
        contracting opportunities.
    (b) Publication.--The information required under subsection (a) 
shall be made publicly accessible on the single, Government-wide point 
of entry described under section 1708 of title 41, United States Code.
    (c) Covered Solicitation Defined.--The term ``covered 
solicitation'' means a solicitation of a Federal agency for a 
procurement for which two or more small business concerns were eligible 
to submit a bid.

SEC. 3. DUTIES FOR DIRECTORS OF OFFICES OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED 
              BUSINESS UTILIZATION RELATING TO CERTAIN CANCELLED 
              SOLICITATIONS.

    Section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (21), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(22) shall, when notified by a small business concern 
        that a Federal agency cancelled a solicitation for which such 
        concern prepared a bid and such Federal agency does not intend 
        to reissue such solicitation, assist such concern with 
        identifying similar contracting opportunities.''.

SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO.

    No additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this Act or the amendments made by this Act.
                                                  Union Calendar No. 24

119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 789

                          [Report No. 119-35]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
  issue rules for cancelled covered solicitations, to amend the Small 
Business Act to provide assistance to small business concerns relating 
      to certain cancelled solicitations, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 24, 2025

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed