Puerto Rico Small Business Contracting Assistance Act of 2018
Latest action · Apr 10, 2018 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 481.
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 6, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Puerto Rico Small Business Contracting Assistance Act of 2018
This bill amends the Small Business Act to double for four years after its enactment the value of a prime contract awarded by a federal agency to a small business with its principle office in Puerto Rico in order to comply with the Act's governmentwide goal for small businesses' participation to be at least 23% of the total value of all prime contract awards for each fiscal year during such period.
Beginning on enactment of this bill and until the termination of the Financial Oversight and Management Board, the Small Business Administration (SBA):
- may transfer technology or surplus property to a Puerto Rico business if it meets SBA requirements for such transfer, without regard to whether the business is a small business and capital ownership development program participant; and
- shall identify potential incentives to a covered mentor that awards a subcontract to its covered protege (i.e., positive consideration in any past performance evaluation of such mentor, the application of costs incurred for providing training to the protege to the mentor's subcontracting plan, and such other SBA incentives).
The bill requires the SBA to allow up to two additional mentor-protege relationships for protege firms that are Puerto Rico businesses. (Currently, the limit on SBA mentor-protege relationships is three.)
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Mar 6, 2018Markup Mar 14, 2018Reported Apr 10, 2018 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2018Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 115-628.
- Apr 10, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 481.
- Mar 14, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 14, 2018Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Mar 6, 2018Introduced in House
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 26, 2018H.R. 5178, Puerto Rico Small Business Contracting Assistance Act of 2018As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on April 10, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 39, March 6, 2018, page H1441.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.A.S.C. No. 115-96 | Member Day89 pages | Armed Services Committee | Apr 11, 2018 |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2429 | Puerto Rico Task Force Economic Empowerment Act of 2017 | Related bill | May 22, 2017 |
| HR 2488 | Puerto Rico Small Business Assistance Act of 2017 | Related bill | May 17, 2017 |
| HR 5515 | John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 | Related bill | Aug 13, 2018 |
| HR 5929 | United States Virgin Islands Small Business Contracting Assistance Act of 2018 | Related bill | May 23, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Small Business Act to provide for small business concerns located in Puerto Rico, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Puerto Rico Small Business Contracting Assistance Act of 2018
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Puerto Rico Small Business Contracting Assistance Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 10, 2018Reported in House
- Mar 6, 2018Introduced 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.
