US Congress House Bill 7403 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 29 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-29 - Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Pending: House Small Business Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Exempts certain contracts awarded to small businesses from the procedural requirements of any federal rule or guidance on category management or contract consolidation and limits the inclusion of such contracts when measuring the attainment of any federal goal or benchmark for category management or contract consolidation. Such contracts are government contracts awarded pursuant to Small Business Administration programs that facilitate contracting with small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals or entities, women, or veterans, or are located in historicaly underutilized business zones.

Protecting Small Business Contracting Opportunities Act of 2020

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan [D-PA]

Rep. John Joyce [R-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-29	House	Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
2020-06-29	House	Introduced in House

HB6395 (Related) 2021-01-02 - Message on Senate action sent to the House.
HR1271 (Related) 2020-12-21 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7403/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7403/BILLS-116hr7403ih.pdf