Small Business Advocate Act of 2012
Latest action · Dec 21, 2012 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 31, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Small Business Advocate Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act (the Act) to require the Director of the Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (established in each federal agency having procurement powers) to be compensated at least at the GS-15 rate and allows such position to be compensated at up to a Senior Executive Service level.
Includes as additional duties of each Director: (1) reviewing and advising on decisions to convert an activity performed by a small business to an activity performed by a federal employee; (2) providing advice and comments on acquisition strategies, market research, and justifications related to small business; (3) providing training to small businesses and contract specialists; (4) carrying out exclusively the duties enumerated under the Act and, while Director, not holding any other title, position, or responsibility, except as necessary to carry out such duties; and (5) reporting annually to the congressional small business committees on the provision of small business and contract specialist training.
Amends the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 to require the Small Business Procurement Advisory Council to: (1) conduct reviews of each Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization to determine compliance with Small Business Administration (SBA) requirements, (2) identify best practices for maximizing small business utilization in federal contracting, and (3) report annually to the small business committees on such reviews and best practices.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2012 to Mar 6, 2012.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Joe Walsh | Feb 28, 2012 | |
| R-SC | Mick Mulvaney | Feb 28, 2012 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Feb 28, 2012 | |
| R-FL | Allen B. West | Mar 5, 2012 | |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Mar 5, 2012 | |
| R-WA | Jaime Herrera Beutler | Mar 6, 2012 | |
| R-NC | Renee L. Ellmers | Mar 6, 2012 | |
| R-IL | Robert T. Schilling | Mar 6, 2012 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Small Business Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2012Markup Mar 7, 2012Reported Dec 21, 2012 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2012Discharged Dec 21, 2012 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2012Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 112-721, Part I.
- Dec 21, 2012Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
- Dec 21, 2012Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524.
- Mar 7, 2012Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 7, 2012Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 11 - 7.
- Jan 31, 2012Introduced in House
- Jan 31, 2012Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H219.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 112-056 | MARKUP OF COMMITTEE VIEWS AND ESTIMATES ON THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FY2013 BUDGET, H.R. 3850, H.R. 3851, H.R. 4121, H.R. 3893, H.R. 3980, AND H.R. 411842 pages | Small Business Committee | Mar 7, 2012 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3442 | SUCCESS Act of 2012 | Related bill | Nov 29, 2012 |
| S 3572 | Restoring Tax and Regulatory Certainty to Small Businesses Act of 2012 | Related bill | Sep 19, 2012 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Small Business Act with respect to Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Small Business Advocate Act of 2012
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2012Reported in House
- Jan 31, 2012Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
