United States · Bill · S
S. 2138 (114th)
Small Business Subcontracting Transparency Act of 2015
Introduced
6 October 2015
Last action
20 December 2016 · Committee
Status
By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-415.
Sponsors
Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
7 April 2025
Summary
Small Business Subcontracting Transparency Act of 2015 This bill amends the Small Business Act to revise requirements with respect to the Small Business Administration (SBA) review and acceptance of subcontracting plans. If a contractor or subcontractor fails to comply in good faith with assurances for the submission of periodic reports and cooperate in any studies or surveys required by the federal agency or the SBA to determine the extent of compliance with the contracting plan, such failure shall be a material breach of the contract or subcontract and may be considered in any past performance evaluation of the contractor. The bill eliminates the limitation that SBA findings submitted to an appropriate federal agency after review of solicitations for procurement contracts be "advisory in nature." A federal agency's procurement center representative (PCR) or commercial market representative (CMR) may delay acceptance of a subcontracting plan for 30 days if the PCR or CMR determines that it fails to provide the maximum practicable opportunity for certain covered small businesses to participate in the performance of the applicable contract. The written notice of such determination to the contracting agency's head of the procuring activity must include recommendations for altering the plan to provide the maximum practicable opportunity. In the case of a Department of Defense PCR or CMR, the acceptance may be delayed for only 15 days. This delayed acceptance authority, however, does not include delay of the award or performance of the contract. A PCR or CMR may not delay acceptance of a subcontracting plan if the head of the contracting agency certifies that the agency's need for the supplies or services is of such an unusual and compelling urgency that the United States would be seriously injured unless the agency is permitted to accept the subcontracting plan. The SBA shall issue regulations providing examples of activities that would be considered a failure to make a good faith effort to comply with the requirements imposed on any entity (other than a small business) awarded a prime contract exceeding a certain amount that contains certain required SBA clauses regarding subcontracting plans.
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Timeline
6 October 2015
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
6 October 2015
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Source: IntroReferral
7 October 2015
Reported
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Source: Committee
3 November 2015
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 287.
Source: Calendars
3 November 2015
Reported
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Vitter with amendments. Without written report.
Source: Committee
3 November 2015
Reported
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Vitter with amendments. Without written report.
Source: Committee
20 December 2016
Floor
By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-415.
Source: Floor
20 December 2016
Committee
By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-415.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Reported to Senate · 3 November 2015 · Download file
- Introduced in Senate · 6 October 2015 · Download file
Documents
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Reported to Senate (text)
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Reported to Senate (text)
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Reported to Senate (PDF)
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Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
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Introduced in Senate (text)
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Sponsors
- Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to ← Service Provider Opportunity Clarification Act of 2015
- related to ← Defending America's Small Contractors Act of 2016
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2138
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2138
- us · 114-s-2138 · source updated 7 April 2025