Small Business Procurement Improvement Act of 2012
Latest action · Dec 21, 2012 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 529.
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.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Small Business Procurement Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to require (under current law, permit) federal agencies involved in procurement, to the maximum extent practicable, to include small businesses in multiple award contracts. Requires such agencies to make full use of the contract set-aside programs of the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Directs the SBA Administrator, in consultation with the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) and any agency that obtains 5% of its procurement requirements through a multiple award contract, to carry out a program to increase small business participation in such contracts.
Requires the President to annually establish government-wide goals for the total value of all task and delivery orders placed against multiple award contracts, blanket purchase agreements, and basic ordering agreements awarded to small businesses, small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone small businesses, small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and small businesses owned and controlled by women.
Requires each federal contract for the purchase of goods and services with an anticipated value greater than $2,500 but not greater than $200,000 (under current law, $100,000) to be reserved exclusively for small businesses (with an exception). Directs the Administrator to issue regulations concerning General Services Administration (GSA) oversight of task or delivery orders placed against multiple award contracts.
Requires: (1) inclusion of the Administrator on the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, and (2) the OFPP Administrator to have the deciding vote in case of a tie vote among Council membership.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2012 to Mar 5, 2012; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Mar 1, 2012 |
| D-CA | Janice Hahn | Original | Mar 1, 2012 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Mar 1, 2012 |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Mar 5, 2012 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Mar 5, 2012 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Mar 5, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Mar 5, 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 Mar 1, 2012Markup Mar 7, 2012Reported Dec 21, 2012 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2012Discharged Dec 21, 2012 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 21, 2012Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 112-726, Part I.
- Dec 21, 2012Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
- Dec 21, 2012Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 529.
- Mar 7, 2012Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 7, 2012Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Mar 1, 2012Introduced in House
- Mar 1, 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 H1134.
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 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Small Business Act to provide for increased small business participation in multiple award contracts, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Small Business Procurement Improvement 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
- Mar 1, 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.
