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Service Provider Opportunity Clarification Act of 2015

Introduced: December 17, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 20, 2016
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Apr 19, 2016
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Apr 19, 2016
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1830)
Apr 19, 2016
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1830)
Apr 19, 2016
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4284.
Apr 19, 2016
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1830-1831)
Apr 19, 2016
Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Dec 17, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Dec 17, 2015
Introduced in House
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Service Provider Opportunity Clarification Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to issue regulations providing examples of activities that would be considered a failure to make a good faith effort to comply with the requirements imposed on any entity (other than a small business) awarded a prime contract exceeding $500,000 (or exceeding $1 million if for construction of a public facility) that contains an SBA clause that:

  • notifies potential offering companies of SBA requirements relating to contracts awarded pursuant to the negotiated method of procurement; or
  • requires any bidder selected for a contract reward to submit to the appropriate federal agency a subcontracting plan which incorporates specified SBA information.
What's happening now April 20, 2016

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2138 Related bill Small Business Subcontracting Transparency Act of 2015
  • HR 4341 Related bill Defending America's Small Contractors Act of 2016
 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Dec 17, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4284: Service Provider Opportunity Clarification Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4284/
MLA
"H.R. 4284: Service Provider Opportunity Clarification Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4284/.
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H.R. 4284, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4284/.
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