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H.R. 3779 112th Congress House

Small Business Growth and Federal Accountability Act of 2012

Official title: To hold accountable Federal departments and agencies that fail to meet goals relating to the participation of small business concerns in procurement contracts,… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To hold accountable Federal departments and agencies that fail to meet goals relating to the participation of small business concerns in procurement contracts, to authorize Federal departments and agencies to give preference to small business concerns when procuring goods or services, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 18, 2012 See on congress.gov
Commerce Public contracts and procurementSmall business
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Jan 18, 2012
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Latest action January 18, 2012

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Small Business Growth and Federal Accountability Act of 2012 - Prohibits a federal department or agency not meeting its fiscal year goal for awarding procurement contracts to small businesses from expending, for procurement, more than 90% of the amount expended in the fiscal year with respect to which that department or agency did not meet the goal.

Allows such a department or agency, in attempting to meet such goal, to give procurement preference to a small business.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3779: Small Business Growth and Federal Accountability Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3779/
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"H.R. 3779: Small Business Growth and Federal Accountability Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3779/.
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H.R. 3779, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3779/.
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