United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 190 (116th)
Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019
Introduced
3 January 2019
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Status
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
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Summary
Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019 This bill eliminates the inclusion of option years in the award price for certain sole source contracts (i.e., contracts awarded without a competitive process). 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, and (4) small businesses owned and controlled by women in substantially underrepresented industries. 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.
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Referred in Senate (text)
Referred in Senate (text)
Referred in Senate · EN · 17 January 2019
Referred in Senate (PDF)
Referred in Senate · EN · 17 January 2019
Engrossed in House (text)
Engrossed in House · EN · 16 January 2019
Engrossed in House (PDF)
Engrossed in House · EN · 16 January 2019
Passed House
summary · EN · 16 January 2019
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 3 January 2019
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 3 January 2019
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 3 January 2019
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/190
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/190