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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="7694" measure-id="id117hr7694" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-05-10" update-date="2022-06-15">
        <title>Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Businesses Act of 2022</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr7694v53" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-06-15">
            <action-date>2022-06-08</action-date>
            <action-desc>Passed House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Businesses Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill requires federal agencies to consider when evaluating offers for contracts the extent to which, in a subcontracting plan, the offeror proposes to use small businesses as subcontractors in the performance of the contract.</p>]]></summary-text>
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        <summary summary-id="id117hr7694v07" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-06-07">
            <action-date>2022-05-17</action-date>
            <action-desc>Reported to House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Businesses Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill requires federal agencies to consider when evaluating offers for contracts the extent to which, in a subcontracting plan, the offeror proposes to use small businesses as subcontractors in the performance of the contract.</p>]]></summary-text>
        </summary>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr7694v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-06-07">
            <action-date>2022-05-10</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Businesses Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill requires federal agencies to consider when evaluating offers for contracts the extent to which, in a subcontracting plan, the offeror proposes to use small businesses as subcontractors in the performance of the contract.</p>]]></summary-text>
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