113 HR 4093 RH: Greater Opportunities for Small Business Act of 2014 U.S. House of Representatives 2014-04-09 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IB Union Calendar No. 301 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4093 [Report No. 113–409] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 26, 2014 Mr. Graves of Missouri introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business April 9, 2014 Additional sponsors: Mr. Hanna and Mr. Murphy of Florida April 9, 2014 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to raise the prime and subcontract goals, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Greater Opportunities for Small Business Act of 2014.

2.

Small business prime and subcontract participation goals raised

(a)

Goals in subcontracting plans

Section 8(d)(6)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(6)(A)) is amended by inserting after percentage goals the following: of not less than 40 percent. (b)

Prime contracting goals

Section 15(g)(1)(A)(i) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1)(A)(i)) is amended by striking 23 percent and inserting 25 percent. (c)

Delayed effective date

The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall take effect only beginning on the date on which the Administrator of the Small Business Administration has promulgated any regulations necessary, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation has been revised, to implement section 1614 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 and the amendments made by such section.

3.

Repeal of certain provision pertaining to accounting of subcontractors

Section 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).

April 9, 2014 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed