Commercial Market Representatives Clarification Act

Summary

Commercial Market Representatives Clarification Act This bill amends the Small Business Act to specify the principal duties of Commercial Market Representatives, government contracting staff stationed at area Small Business Administration (SBA) offices and reporting to specified senior SBA officers. Such duties shall include: helping prime federal government contractors to find small business concerns capable of performing subcontracts; counseling such contractors on their responsibility to maximize subcontracting opportunities for small business concerns; instructing such contractors on methods and tools to identify potential subcontractors that are small business concerns; assisting such constractors to increase awards to small business subcontractors through visits, training, and reviews of past performance; giving counseling on how a small business concern may promote its capacity to such contractors; and conducting periodic reviews of such contractors to assess compliance with required subcontracting plans regarding small business subcontractors.

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Timeline

1. 9 December 2015

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 9 December 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 9 December 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 9 December 2015 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 9 December 2015

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 9 December 2015

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 9 December 2015

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Sponsors

• Dave Brat · R · Sponsor
• · hssm00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Defending America's Small Contractors Act of 2016
• related to ← National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017