Service Provider Opportunity Clarification Act of 2015
Latest action · Apr 20, 2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
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.
- IntroducedDec 17, 2015
- Passed HouseApr 19, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Service Provider Opportunity Clarification Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to issue regulations providing examples of activities that would be considered a failure to make a good faith effort to comply with the requirements imposed on any entity (other than a small business) awarded a prime contract exceeding $500,000 (or exceeding $1 million if for construction of a public facility) that contains an SBA clause that:
- notifies potential offering companies of SBA requirements relating to contracts awarded pursuant to the negotiated method of procurement; or
- requires any bidder selected for a contract reward to submit to the appropriate federal agency a subcontracting plan which incorporates specified SBA information.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 17, 2015.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Original | Dec 17, 2015 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Dec 17, 2015 |
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 Dec 17, 2015 |
| Senate | Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | Referred Apr 20, 2016 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 20, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- Apr 19, 2016Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Apr 19, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1830-1831)
- Apr 19, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4284.
- Apr 19, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1830)
- Apr 19, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 17, 2015Introduced in House
- Dec 17, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7187 | Carlos Curbelo R-FL | Dec 6, 2016 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1830, H1831Text printed H1830 | Carlos Curbelo R-FL, Nydia M. Velázquez D-NY, Steve Chabot R-OH | Apr 19, 2016 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 184, December 17, 2015, page H9691.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2138 | Small Business Subcontracting Transparency Act of 2015 | Related bill | Dec 20, 2016 |
| HR 4341 | Defending America's Small Contractors Act of 2016 | Related bill | Jul 25, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to issue regulations providing examples of a failure to comply in good faith with the requirements of prime contractors with respect to subcontracting plans.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Service Provider Opportunity Clarification Act of 2015
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Service Provider Opportunity Clarification Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 20, 2016Referred in Senate
- Apr 19, 2016Engrossed in House
- Dec 17, 2015Introduced 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.
