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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. VELAZQUEZ:H.R. 4325.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1The Congress shall have Power to . . . provide for the . .. genera1 Welfare of the United States; . . .Article I, Section 8, Clause 3The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commercewith foreign Nations, and among the several States, and withthe Indian Tribes.[Page H101]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Unifying Small Business Terminology Act of 2016</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Small Business Act to revise the range of the anticipated value of federal procurement contracts that must be reserved exclusively for small businesses.</p> <p>The range shall be between the micro-purchase threshold ($3,000) and the simplified acquisition threshold ($100,000). (Currently the range of the anticipated value must be between $2,500 and $100,000.) </p>]]></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>Unifying Small Business Terminology Act of 2016</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Small Business Act to revise the range of the anticipated value of federal procurement contracts that must be reserved exclusively for small businesses.</p> <p>The range shall be between the micro-purchase threshold ($3,000) and the simplified acquisition threshold ($100,000). (Currently the range of the anticipated value must be between $2,500 and $100,000.) </p>]]></text>
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