Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 12, 2019 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-284.
Progress
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- IntroducedMar 6, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019
This bill modifies provisions regarding the inclusion of option years in the award price for certain sole source contracts (i.e., contracts awarded without a competitive process) by requiring the base and each of the option years of the award, if any, to be of similar value. Under current law, option years in the award price for such contracts limit their dollar award threshold.
Specifically, the bill revises requirements for the award of these contracts to (1) qualified Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small businesses, (2) small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, (3) economically disadvantaged small businesses owned and controlled by women, (4) small businesses owned and controlled by women in substantially underrepresented industries, and (5) qualified socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses.
The Government Accountability Office must evaluate the policies and practices used by the Small Business Administration and other federal agencies to ensure that contracting officers are properly classifying sole source contracts under procurement programs for businesses owned by women and disabled veterans in the Federal Procurement Data System.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2019 to Mar 26, 2019, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Mar 26, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2019Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-284.
- Mar 6, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Mar 6, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 190 | Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jan 17, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2019Introduced in Senate
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