115 HR 6382 RH: Clarity on Small Business Participation in Category Management Act of 2018 U.S. House of Representatives 2018-07-16 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. 735 115th CONGRESS2d Session H. R. 6382 [Report No. 115–944] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 16, 2018 Ms. Adams introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business September 12, 2018Additional sponsors: Mr. Chabot, Ms. Velázquez, and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi September 12, 2018 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 16, 2018 A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to report certain information to the Congress and to the President, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Clarity on Small Business Participation in Category Management Act of 2018.

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Reporting

Section 15(h) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4)

Best in class small business participation reporting

(A)

Addendum

The Administrator, in addition to the requirements under paragraph (2), shall include in the report required by such paragraph, for each best in class designation— (i)the total amount of spending government wide in such designation; (ii)the number of small business concerns awarded contracts and the dollar amount of contracts within such category awarded to each of the following— (I)HUBZone small business concerns; (II)small business concerns owned and controlled by women; (III)small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans; and (IV)socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns. (B)

Best in class

The term best in class has the meaning given to it by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (C)

Effective date

The Administrator shall be required to report on the information described by subparagraph (A) beginning on the date that such information is available in the Federal Procurement Data System, the System for Award Management, or any successor to such systems..

September 12, 2018 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed