US Congress House Bill 2452 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: Introduced on June 20 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-12-11 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 498.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Women's Procurement Program Equalization Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act with respect to the procurement program for women-owned small businesses (providing a federal procurement contracting preference to such businesses) to condition a government contracting officer's authority to restrict competition for any such federal contract upon the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) certifying each of the businesses as a small business concern owned and controlled by women. (Currently, the small business concerns themselves certify to the contracting officer that they are such a business according to SBA standards.) Allows a contracting officer to award a sole source contract to any economically disadvantaged women-owned small business if: (1) the small business is determined to be responsible and the contracting officer does not expect two or more of such businesses to submit offers; (2) the anticipated contract price will not exceed $6.5 million in the case of a manufacturing contract, or $4 million in the case of all other contracts; and (3) the contract can be made at a fair and reasonable price. Provides identical contracting authority for women-owned small businesses in substantially underrepresented industries. Expands the reporting requirements with respect to small business procurement contracts to require federal agencies to submit annual reports to the Administrator regarding such sole source contracts as well as the industries within which various contracts were awarded.

Women's Procurement Program Equalization Act of 2013

Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Ron Barber [D-AZ]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-11	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 498.
2014-12-11	House	Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 113-661.
2014-03-05	House	Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
2014-03-05	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2013-06-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2452/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2452/BILLS-113hr2452ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2452/BILLS-113hr2452rh.pdf