US Congress Senate Bill 2853 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 13 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-11-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Pending: Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Allows a small business performing a construction contract awarded by a federal agency to request an equitable adjustment if the agency's contracting officer directs a change in the contract's performance without the agreement of the small business. The agency must provide the small business with an interim partial payment to cover additional costs resulting from such a change, and the small business must pay a first tier subcontractor or supplier the portion of the partial payment that is attributable to additional costs incurred due to the change.

Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2019

Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-11-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

HB2344 (Related) 2019-04-18 - Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
HB7320 (Related) 2020-06-24 - Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2853/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2853/BILLS-116s2853is.pdf