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H.R. 5551 97th Congress House

A bill to amend section 8(e) of the Small Business Act to improve small business access to Federal Procurement information.

Introduced: March 18, 1982 See on congress.gov
Commerce Business and commerceGovernment procurementPublic Contracts, Procurement, and PropertySmall business
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 29, 1982
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 28, 1982
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 7, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on SBA & SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise, and General Small Business Problems.
Mar 4, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Mar 1, 1982
Executive Comment Requested from OMB, GSA, OFPP, SBA.
Feb 22, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Small Business.
Feb 22, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Feb 22, 1982
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 29, 1982

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Small Business Act to require procuring agencies to wait a specified amount of time before issuing solicitations for procurement actions or foreclosing competition under procurement actions.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
FROST, MARTIN
· Mar 18, 1982
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Mar 18, 1982
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5551: A bill to amend section 8(e) of the Small Business Act to improve small business access to Federal Procurement information.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5551/
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