[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6226 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6226

  To amend the Small Business Act to permit agencies to count certain 
                  contracts toward contracting goals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2010

  Mr. Foster 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 permit agencies to count certain 
                  contracts toward contracting goals.

    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 Fairness Act of 
2010''.

SEC. 2. TEAMING ARRANGEMENTS AND AGENCY CONTRACTING GOALS.

    Section 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Teaming arrangements and agency contracting goals.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of a contract 
                between a Federal agency and a small business teaming 
                arrangement entity, to the extent that the obligations 
                of the teaming arrangement entity under the contract 
                are performed, pursuant to the terms of the contractor 
                team arrangement, by a covered small business concern, 
                the agency may count that contract toward meeting the 
                contracting goals established with respect to such a 
                covered small business concern under paragraph (2).
                    ``(B) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
                            ``(i) The term `teaming arrangement entity' 
                        means a prime contractor under a contractor 
                        team arrangement (as such term is defined in 
                        section 9.601 and 9.602 of the Federal 
                        Acquisition Regulation (48 C.F.R. 9.601-602, as 
                        in effect on October 1, 2009)).
                            ``(ii) The term `covered small business 
                        concern' means--
                                    ``(I) a small business concern 
                                owned and controlled by service-
                                disabled veterans;
                                    ``(II) a small business concern 
                                owned and controlled by socially and 
                                economically disadvantaged individuals; 
                                or
                                    ``(III) a small business concern 
                                owned and controlled by women; or
                                    ``(IV) a qualified HUBZone small 
                                business concern, including--
                                            ``(aa) Alaska Native 
                                        Corporation; and
                                            ``(bb) a small business 
                                        concern that is wholly owned by 
                                        one or more Indian tribal 
                                        governments.''.
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