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Oct 23, 2007

Summary and Text of Amendments Submitted to the Rules Committee for H.R. 3867 - Small Business Contracting Act

Summary and Text of Amendments Submitted to the Rules Committee for

H.R. 3867 - Small Business Contracting Act

Listed in Alphabetical Order

October 23, 2007 11:43 AM

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Akin (MO)

#4

The amendment would require that the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) conduct a study to determine what changes would be required to provide greater Federal contracting assistance to participants in the program created by section 8(a) of the Small Business Act that have less equity in their business concerns than other participants in the program. The study would be reported no later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act and the Administrator would report the details of the study to the Senate Small Business Committee and the House Small Business Committee.

Baird (WA)

#13

This amendment would direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to examine the lists of groups the members of which are presumed to be socially disadvantaged under the Small Disadvantaged Business program under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act and to consider whether the list should be updated to include additional groups.

Brown-Waite (FL)

#2

The amendment would create a liaison within the Small Business Administration whose duty, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is to ensure that section 2(i) of the Small Business Act, regarding assistance to individuals not lawfully within the United States, is carried out.

Gillibrand (NY)

#6

(REVISED)  The amendment provides that any employer found, based on a determination by the Department of Homeland Security or the Attorney General to have engaged in a pattern or practice of hiring, recruiting or referring for a fee, for employment in the United States an alien knowing the person is an unauthorized alien shall be subject to debarment from the receipt of future Federal contracts.

Inslee (WA)/Welch (VT)

#3

(WITHDRAWN) The amendment would establish a “Climate Change Center and Clearinghouse” within the Small Business Administration that would coordinate with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Small Business Ombudsman, the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman and other federal entities to provide small businesses with training and technical assistance in business impacts of climate change.

Jackson-Lee (TX)

#5

(REVISED)The amendment provides that it is the sense of Congress that the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to encourage the components of the Administration, and appropriate State and local government agencies, to competitively bid and negotiate contracts and prices for services, including debris clearance, distribution of supplies, reconstruction and other assistance, in advance of an act of terrorism, natural disaster, or other emergency and to work toward a goal of awarding of contracts to qualified small business firms located in the affected areas.

Lampson (TX)

#1

(REVISED)  The amendment would prohibit the use of any funds for first-class or business-class airline travel by agency employees when carrying out the provisions of HR 3867.  The amendment includes exceptions provided by the Code of Federal Regulations 301-10.122 to 10.124, as applicable to federal agency employees.

Mica (FL)

#7

This amendment would clarify that the small business set-aside provisions of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) should apply to federal contracts not excluding Federal Supply Schedule and Multiple Award Schedule holders.

Mica (FL)

#8

(REVISED) The amendment would state that it is the sense of the House that small business set-asides should not be excluded from any acquisitions under the GSA's Federal Supply Schedule.

Moran, James (VA)

#11

The amendment would require that the Administrator of the Small Business Administration conduct a study to determine, with respect to small business contracts, whether incumbent Federal contractors are submitting frivolous protests to extend the length of current contracts before protest decisions are resolved.  The Administrator also would develop recommendations to discourage frivolous protests.

Velázquez (NY)

#14

(REVISED) This amendment would establish that those veterans who are severely disabled shall be given special consideration as agencies implement contracting regulations.  It would also set forth certain standards for business integrity that are required for participation in federal contracting programs.  Additionally, the amendment would clarify the implementation of the women’s procurement program.

Welch (VT)

#9

(WITHDRAWN) The amendment would direct the Small Business Administration to establish new centers for small business counseling for returning veterans. The amendment would also permit the SBA to make loans to veterans for new projects, expansion, and gap money.

Welch (VT)/Braley(IA)

#10

(REVISED) The amendment would require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to carry out a study on the effectiveness of the HUBZone program in reaching rural areas.

Wynn (MD)

#12

This amendment would require that the Administrator of the Small Business Administration set forth in writing the prompt payment policy applicable to subcontractors under Federal contracts.  The amendment would also require the head of each Federal agency to provide a copy of such policy to each contractor and to require each contractor to provide a copy to each subcontractor.