Small Business Emergency Relief Act

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Introduced

11 June 1974

Last action

10 October 1974 · Introduced

Status

Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Small Business Emergency Relief Act - States that it is the policy of Congress to provide equitable relief to small business concerns which have fixed price Government contracts in cases where such concerns encounter significant unavoidable difficulties during performance because of the energy crisis or rapid and unexpected escalations of contract costs. Authorizes the head of any agency of the Federal Government or his delegate to make appropriate modification in the terms of an existing fixed price contract or a fixed priced contract completed after December 31, 1972, with a small business concern which demonstrates that: (1) during the performance of the contract, it has experienced significant unanticipated cost increases directly related to the contract; and (2) the conditions which caused such increases were not peculiar to that particular small business concern but were generally experienced by other small business concerns in the market at that time. Directs each agency of the Federal Government to include in any fixed price contract with a small business concern an economic price adjustment clause which provides for upward or downward adjustments in the contract price based on cost increases or decreases experienced by the small business concern in the performance of the contract.

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Timeline

11 June 1974
Introduced
Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
11 June 1974
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
19 June 1974
Discharge
Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs discharged in Senate.
Source: Discharge
19 June 1974
Introduced
Rereferred to Senate Committee on Government Operations.
Source: IntroReferral
19 June 1974
Committee
Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs discharged in Senate.
Source: Committee
4 October 1974
Reported
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Government Operations with amendment, S. Rept. 93-1231.
Source: Committee
4 October 1974
Reported
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Government Operations with amendment, S. Rept. 93-1231.
Source: Committee
9 October 1974
Passed
Measure passed Senate, amended.
Source: Floor
9 October 1974
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended.
Source: Floor
10 October 1974
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral

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Passed Senate amended
summary · EN · 9 October 1974
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 11 June 1974
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/senate-bill/3619
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us · 93-s-3619 · source updated 3 September 2025