3.0.0 3399 2023-01-11T13:19:58Z 2023-01-11T13:19:58Z Senate S S 2010-05-24 111 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-05-24T19:32:42Z 2010-05-24 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4147) IntroReferral 2010-05-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4147) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-05-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2010-05-24 True Commerce Government studies and investigations Public contracts and procurement Small business Women in business Commerce 00 2010-05-24 Introduced in Senate 2010-06-28T17:55:56Z Fairness in Women-Owned Small Business Contracting Act of 2010 - Amends the Small Business Act with respect to the procurement program for women-owned small businesses (providing a federal procurement contracting preference to such businesses) to: (1) remove the requirement that the woman or women owning such business be economically disadvantaged; (2) remove contract award price limits; and (3) allow a contracting officer to award a sole source contract to such a business under the same conditions as such a contract may be awarded to a qualified HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) small business.

Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to: (1) periodically conduct a study to identify any U.S. industry in which women are underrepresented; and (2) every five years, report study results to the congressional small business committees.

]]> Fairness in Women-Owned Small Business Contracting Act of 2010 Display Title Fairness in Women-Owned Small Business Contracting Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to remove the limit on the anticipated award price for contracts awarded under the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Fairness in Women-Owned Small Business Contracting Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-05-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3399is/xml/BILLS-111s3399is.xml 2010-05-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4147) 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.