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H.R. 7403 116th Congress House

Protecting Small Business Contracting Opportunities Act of 2020

Official title: To amend the Small Business Act to exempt certain contracts awarded to small business concerns from category management requirements, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 29, 2020 Introduced by: Chrissy Houlahan Democratic · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
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 Latest action June 29, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Small Business Contracting Opportunities Act of 2020

This bill exempts certain contracts awarded to small businesses from the procedural requirements of any federal rule or guidance on category management or contract consolidation and limits the inclusion of such contracts when measuring the attainment of any federal goal or benchmark for category management or contract consolidation.

Such contracts are government contracts awarded pursuant to Small Business Administration programs that facilitate contracting with small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals or entities, women, or veterans, or are located in historicaly underutilized business zones.

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Joyce, John
Pennsylvania · Jun 29, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7403: Protecting Small Business Contracting Opportunities Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7403/
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"H.R. 7403: Protecting Small Business Contracting Opportunities Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7403/.
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