Small Business Fairness Act
Latest action · Jun 28, 2016 By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 114-288.
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.
- IntroducedApr 15, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Small Business Fairness Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Small Business Act to revise requirements with respect to solicitation of offers for bundled contracts issued by the head of a federal agency that allows a small business to submit an offer (bid) that provides for the use of a particular team of subcontractors for the performance of the contract.
The small business may now also bid on a bundled or consolidated contract that provides for the use of a joint venture of small businesses.
The Small Business Administration (SBA), with respect to either a single or a multiple contract award, must evaluate teams and joint ventures of small business concerns by considering their prior experience and past performance as well as (according to current law) their capabilities.
For certain federal procurement contracts awarded to a team of small business prime contractors and subcontractors or a joint venture of small businesses, the contracting officer must certify annually to the SBA, for each year the contract is in effect, that each small business member of the team or joint venture has the same status of a small business, small business owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone small business, small business owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, or small business owned and controlled by women, as applicable, that it had at the time the contract was awarded.
This requirement shall not apply to a contract awarded to a joint venture of small businesses that is a protege under a SBA approved mentor-protege program.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 15, 2015.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Apr 15, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee | Referred Apr 15, 2015Markup Apr 23, 2015Reported Jun 10, 2015 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 28, 2016By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 114-288.
- Jun 10, 2015Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Vitter with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Jun 10, 2015Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 106.
- Apr 23, 2015Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Apr 15, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Apr 15, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
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
- Jun 9, 2015S. 958, Small Business Fairness ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on April 23, 2015
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1390 | Small Business Joint Venturing Act of 2015 | Related bill | Mar 17, 2015 |
| HR 1481 | Small Contractors Improve Competition Act of 2015 | Related bill | Apr 19, 2016 |
| HR 1735 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 | Related bill | Oct 22, 2015 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide for team and joint venture offers for certain contracts.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Small Business Fairness Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Small Business Fairness Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 10, 2015Reported to Senate
- Apr 15, 2015Introduced in Senate
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.
