Greater Opportunities for Small Business Act of 2014
Latest action · Apr 9, 2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 301.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2014
- 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.)
Greater Opportunities for Small Business Act of 2014 - Amends the Small Business Act to require subcontracting plans for certain contracts with federal agencies exceeding a specified amount to include a minimum percentage goal of at least 40% for the utilization of small businesses as subcontractors.
Increases from 23% to 25% the minimum government-wide percentage goal for participation by small businesses in the total value of all procurement contracts awarded as prime contracts for each fiscal year.
Repeals a requirement under which first tier subcontracts (contracts in which a subcontractor has a subcontract directly with the prime contractor) awarded to small businesses by management and operating contractors sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE) are considered toward the annually established agency and government-wide goals for procurement contracts awarded.
Delays the effective date of the 40% goal until the Small Business Administration (SBA) has promulgated any regulations necessary, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation has been revised, to implement specified provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 concerning the standards for determining whether a prime contractor has attained small business subcontracting percentage goals.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 28, 2014 to Mar 4, 2014.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Feb 28, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Mar 4, 2014 |
Committees 1
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 Feb 26, 2014Markup Mar 5, 2014Reported Apr 9, 2014 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2014Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 113-409.
- Apr 9, 2014Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 301.
- Mar 5, 2014Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 5, 2014Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Feb 26, 2014Introduced in House
- Feb 26, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
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
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 5, 2014H.R. 4093, Greater Opportunities for Small Business Act of 2014As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 5, 2014
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2001.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 113-56 | MARKUP OF: H.R. 4093, H.R. 4094, H.R. 2751, H.R. 2882, H.R. 776, H.R. 4121, H.R. 2452107 pages | Small Business Committee | Mar 5, 2014 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Small Business Act to raise the prime and subcontract goals, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Greater Opportunities for Small Business Act of 2014
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Greater Opportunities for Small Business Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2014Reported in House
- Feb 26, 2014Introduced 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.
