H.R. 226 – Reading Mode

IIB

116th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 226

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 10, 2019

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

AN ACT

To amend the Small Business Act to include best in class designations in the annual report on small business goals prepared by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Clarity on Small Business Participation in Category Management Act of 2019.

Inclusion of best in class designations in annual report on small business goals

Section 15(h) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

(4)

Best in class small business participation reporting

(A)

Addendum

The Administrator, in addition to the requirements under paragraph (2), shall include in the report required by such paragraph, for each best in class designation—

(i)

the total amount of spending Governmentwide in such designation;

(ii)

the number of small business concerns awarded contracts and the dollar amount of such contracts awarded within each such designation to each of the following—

(I)

qualified HUBZone small business concerns;

(II)

small business concerns owned and controlled by women;

(III)

small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans; and

(IV)

small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.

(B)

Best in class defined

The term best in class has the meaning given such term by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

(C)

Effective date

The Administrator shall report on the information described by subparagraph (A) beginning on the date that such information is available in the Federal Procurement Data System, the System for Award Management, or any successor to such systems.

Passed the House of Representatives January 9, 2019.

Karen L. Haas,

Clerk.