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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 184 (Thursday, December 17, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. CURBELO of Florida:H.R. 4284.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Sec. 8, clause 3, the Commerce Clause[Page H9691]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p> <b>Service Provider Opportunity Clarification Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to issue regulations providing examples of activities that would be considered a failure to make a good faith effort to comply with the requirements imposed on any entity (other than a small business) awarded a prime contract exceeding $500,000 (or exceeding $1 million if for construction of a public facility) that contains an SBA clause that:</p> <ul> <li>notifies potential offering companies of SBA requirements relating to contracts awarded pursuant to the negotiated method of procurement; or </li> <li>requires any bidder selected for a contract reward to submit to the appropriate federal agency a subcontracting plan which incorporates specified SBA information.</li></ul>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</p> <p><b>Service Provider Opportunity Clarification Act of 2015</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to issue regulations providing examples of activities that would be considered a failure to make a good faith effort to comply with the requirements imposed on any entity (other than a small business) awarded a prime contract exceeding $500,000 (or exceeding $1 million if for construction of a public facility) that contains an SBA clause that:</p> <ul> <li>notifies potential offering companies of SBA requirements relating to contracts awarded pursuant to the negotiated method of procurement; or </li> <li>requires any bidder selected for a contract reward to submit to the appropriate federal agency a subcontracting plan which incorporates specified SBA information.</li></ul>]]></text>
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