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HR 4325 114th Congress House Commerce Public contracts and procurement Small business

Unifying Small Business Terminology Act of 2016

Introduced: January 6, 2016 Introduced by: Velázquez, Nydia M. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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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 H1834)
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 H1834)
Apr 19, 2016
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4325.
Apr 19, 2016
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1834-1835)
Apr 19, 2016
Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jan 6, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Jan 6, 2016
Introduced in House
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Unifying Small Business Terminology Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Small Business Act to revise the range of the anticipated value of federal procurement contracts that must be reserved exclusively for small businesses.

The range shall be between the micro-purchase threshold ($3,000) and the simplified acquisition threshold ($100,000). (Currently the range of the anticipated value must be between $2,500 and $100,000.)

What's happening now April 20, 2016

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

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4325: Unifying Small Business Terminology Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4325/
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"H.R. 4325: Unifying Small Business Terminology Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4325/.
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H.R. 4325, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4325/.
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