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Open Government Technology Work to More Businesses Act

Introduced: July 17, 2014 Introduced by: Peters, Scott H. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Jul 17, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Jul 17, 2014
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Open Government Technology Work to More Businesses Act - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to jointly make rules to: (1) streamline and simplify the registration system used by small businesses to be considered for an award of any federal contract, (2) establish procedures by which a small business may self-certify its eligibility for a federal contract under the Small Business Act, and (3) establish procedures by which a majority of small businesses may complete the registration process within four weeks after beginning it.

Requires both Administrators to make the registration system available in a unified electronic format accessible through the Internet.

What's happening now July 17, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

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Vargas, Juan
California · Sep 8, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5154: Open Government Technology Work to More Businesses Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5154/
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"H.R. 5154: Open Government Technology Work to More Businesses Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5154/.
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H.R. 5154, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-5154/.
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