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H.R. 5297 118th Congress House

Defense Small Business Past Performance Consideration Act of 2023

Official title: To require the Secretary of Defense to amend the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to include consideration of past perfor… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Secretary of Defense to amend the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to include consideration of past performance of affiliates of small business concerns, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 29, 2023 Introduced by: Don Bacon Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Aug 29, 2023
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 Latest action August 29, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Defense Small Business Past Performance Consideration Act of 2023
 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to amend a section of the DOD supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulations concerning the evaluation of proposals for DOD contracts and a small business offeror's past performance. Under the revised regulation, DOD contracting officers evaluating a bid from a small business concern must (1) consider the past performance information of the concern's affiliates as the past performance of the concern, and (2) ensure that only the past performance information of such affiliates during the preceding nine-year period is considered as the past performance of the concern.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2670 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5297: Defense Small Business Past Performance Consideration Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5297/
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"H.R. 5297: Defense Small Business Past Performance Consideration Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5297/.
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H.R. 5297, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5297/.
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