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HR 2452 113th Congress House Commerce Public contracts and procurement Small business Women in business

Women's Procurement Program Equalization Act of 2013

Introduced: June 20, 2013 Introduced by: Velázquez, Nydia M. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 11, 2014
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 498.
Dec 11, 2014
Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 113-661.
Mar 5, 2014
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Mar 5, 2014
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 20, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Jun 20, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

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.

What's happening now December 11, 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 498.

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