3.0.0 2608 2023-01-13T04:48:36Z 2023-01-13T04:48:36Z Senate S S 2006-04-07 109 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-04-07T18:09:16Z 2006-04-07 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. IntroReferral 2006-04-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3385-3387) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-04-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2006-04-07 True Commerce Administrative procedure Alabama Congress Congressional reporting requirements Data banks Depressed areas Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government procurement Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Law Louisiana Minorities Minority business enterprises Mississippi Office of Management and Budget Science, Technology, Communications Small business Standards Subcontractors Surety and fidelity Commerce 00 2006-04-07 Introduced in Senate 2006-06-02T19:45:22Z Small Business Partners in Reconstruction Act of 2006 - Amends the Small Business Act to define "Guidelines" as the guidelines entitled "Emergency Procurement Flexibilities" for responsive contracting and the use of simplified acquisition procedures, as issued by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on May 30, 2003.

Directs the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to: (1) ensure that the Guidelines continue to encourage the federal government to utilize small business procurement flexibilities in times of disaster, contingency, and other emergency; and (2) periodically revise, update, modify, and publish such Guidelines.

Provides for or requires: (1) reciprocity with respect to contracting certifications for small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; (2) an update of the Federal Procurement Data System with respect to small business participation in Hurricane Katrina or Rita-related contracting; (3) disaster contracting outreach programs for small businesses; (4) small business performance bonding thresholds; (5) small business participation in disaster-related federal contracts and subcontracts and disaster-related multiple-award contracts; and (6) disaster contracting priorities for local small businesses.

]]> Small Business Partners in Reconstruction Act of 2006 Display Title Small Business Partners in Reconstruction Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to ensure full partnership of small contractors in Federal disaster reconstruction efforts. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Small Business Partners in Reconstruction Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-04-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2608is/xml/BILLS-109s2608is.xml 2006-04-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.