Women's Procurement Program Equalization Act of 2013
Latest action · Dec 11, 2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 498.
Progress
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- IntroducedJun 20, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Women's Procurement Program Equalization Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act with respect to the procurement program for women-owned small businesses (providing a federal procurement contracting preference to such businesses) to condition a government contracting officer's authority to restrict competition for any such federal contract upon the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) certifying each of the businesses as a small business concern owned and controlled by women. (Currently, the small business concerns themselves certify to the contracting officer that they are such a business according to SBA standards.)
Allows a contracting officer to award a sole source contract to any economically disadvantaged women-owned small business if: (1) the small business is determined to be responsible and the contracting officer does not expect two or more of such businesses to submit offers; (2) the anticipated contract price will not exceed $6.5 million in the case of a manufacturing contract, or $4 million in the case of all other contracts; and (3) the contract can be made at a fair and reasonable price. Provides identical contracting authority for women-owned small businesses in substantially underrepresented industries.
Expands the reporting requirements with respect to small business procurement contracts to require federal agencies to submit annual reports to the Administrator regarding such sole source contracts as well as the industries within which various contracts were awarded.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 20, 2013 to Nov 13, 2014, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Jun 20, 2013 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Jun 20, 2013 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Jun 20, 2013 |
| D-AZ | Ron Barber | Original | Jun 20, 2013 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Jun 20, 2013 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Sep 11, 2013 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Oct 28, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Feb 11, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Mar 4, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Mar 6, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Janice Hahn | Mar 27, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Apr 4, 2014 | |
| D-MD | Donna F. Edwards | Apr 9, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Apr 9, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Apr 9, 2014 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 11, 2014Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 498.
- Dec 11, 2014Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 113-661.
- Mar 5, 2014Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 5, 2014Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jun 20, 2013Introduced in House
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 11, 2014Reported in House
- Jun 20, 2013Introduced in House
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