[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2867 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2867

To amend the Small Business Act to require the Administrator to submit 
 certain disagreements to the Director of the Office of Management and 
   Budget for resolution, and to establish a minimum period for the 
             solicitation of offers for a bundled contract.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 6, 2001

 Ms. Velazquez (for herself, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Pascrell, Mrs. 
Christensen, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Gonzalez, Mrs. Napolitano, 
Mr. Phelps, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Baird, Mr. 
 Udall of Colorado, Mr. Ross, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, and Mr. 
    Wynn) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Small Business Act to require the Administrator to submit 
 certain disagreements to the Director of the Office of Management and 
   Budget for resolution, and to establish a minimum period for the 
             solicitation of offers for a bundled contract.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Opportunity 
Enhancement Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN DISAGREEMENTS TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE 
              OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.

    Section 15(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(a)) is 
amended by striking the sentence beginning ``Whenever the Administrator 
and the contracting procurement agency fail to agree,'' and inserting 
the following: ``Whenever the Administration and the contracting 
procurement agency fail to agree, the Administrator shall submit the 
matter to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, who 
shall render his decision regarding the matter not later than 10 days 
after receiving the matter. The Director may not delegate his duties 
under the preceding sentence except to a subordinate official within 
the Office of Management and Budget appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate.''.

SEC. 3. MINIMUM PERIOD FOR SOLICITATION OF OFFERS FOR A BUNDLED 
              CONTRACT.

    Section 15(e) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(c)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Minimum solicitation period.--In the case of a 
        solicitation of offers for a bundled contract that is issued by 
        the head of an agency, small business concerns shall be allowed 
        to submit offers for a period of not less than 60 days 
        beginning on the date the solicitation is issued.''.
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