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HR 1216 108th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Armed Forces and National Security Commerce Depressed areas Disabled Economics and Public Finance Government contractors Government procurement Minorities Minority business enterprises Small business Social Welfare Veterans' benefits Women Women in business

To amend the Small Business Act to increase the minimum Government-wide goal for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns.

Introduced: March 11, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Mar 11, 2003
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Small Business Act to increase the Government-wide goal for procurement contracts awarded to small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone small businesses, and small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals or women to 25 percent (currently 23 percent) of the total amount of Federal procurement contracts awarded in a fiscal year.
What's happening now March 11, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 30, 2003
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Oct 30, 2003
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 18, 2003
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jun 25, 2003
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 25, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1216: To amend the Small Business Act to increase the minimum Government-wide goal for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1216/
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"H.R. 1216: To amend the Small Business Act to increase the minimum Government-wide goal for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1216/.
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H.R. 1216, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1216/.
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[H.R. 1216: To amend the Small Business Act to increase the minimum Government-wide goal for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1216/)
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