3.0.0 3213 2019-11-15T21:59:32Z 2019-11-15T21:59:32Z Senate S S 2012-05-22 112 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-05-22T15:45:58Z Government Efficiency through Small Business Contracting Act of 2012 112 3850 HR 2012-12-21 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 523. Related bill CRS 2012-05-22 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. IntroReferral 2012-05-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2012-05-22 True Commerce Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Minority and disadvantaged businesses Public contracts and procurement Small business Women in business Commerce 00 2012-05-22 Introduced in Senate 2012-06-14T21:02:41Z Small Business Goaling Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to raise from 23% to 25% the governmentwide prime contract award goal for participation by small business concerns and to make the governmentwide subcontract participation award goal 40% for such businesses. Revises percentage goals for awards to small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) small businesses, small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and small businesses owned by women (small business categories).

Requires the small business procurement goals established by the head of each federal agency participating in federal procurement contracts to: (1) be in the same format as the goals established by the President, (2) address both prime contract and subcontract awards, and (3) meet or exceed the government-wide goals for each small business category. Requires each agency head to: (1) consult with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) in establishing agency goals, and (2) develop a plan for achieving agency goals.

Revises requirements concerning information required to be included in annual reports from: (1) agency heads to the Administrator concerning the extent of small business participation in that agency's procurement contracts; and (2) the Administrator to the President and Congress on whether individual agency goals were achieved, as well as reasons for any failure to achieve such goals. Requires, in the latter reports, information concerning the number and dollar amounts of prime contracts awarded to small businesses owned by an Alaska Native Corporation.

Requires training programs established for the development of federal senior executives to include training with respect to federal procurement requirements, including those under the Small Business Act. Requires senior executive performance appraisals to take into account the individual's success in meeting agency small business federal procurement contracting goals.

]]> Small Business Goaling Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Small Business Goaling Act of 2012 Display Title Small Business Goaling Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Small Business Act with respect to goals for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2012-05-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3213is/xml/BILLS-112s3213is.xml 2012-05-22 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.