[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2921 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2921

   To amend the Small Business Act with respect to assistance under 
 section 8(a) of that Act and goals for procurement contracts, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2011

    Ms. Clarke of New York 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 with respect to assistance under 
 section 8(a) of that Act and goals for procurement contracts, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Expanding Opportunities for Small 
Businesses Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. 8(A) ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Duration of Eligibility.--Section 7(j)(15) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(j)(15)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking 
        ``nine years'' and inserting ``12 years'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``four years'' and 
        inserting ``4 years''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (B) by striking ``five years'' and 
        inserting ``8 years''.
    (b) Technical Assistance for Business Concerns No Longer 
Eligible.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business 
        Administration shall establish a program to provide to a 
        covered business concern, during the 2-year period following 
        the expiration of the concern's eligibility to receive 
        contracts under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 
        U.S.C. 637(a)), technical assistance with respect to business 
        activities.
            (2) Covered business concern defined.--In this subsection, 
        the term ``covered business concern'' means a business concern 
        that had been, but is no longer, eligible to receive contracts 
        under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
        637(a)).

SEC. 3. GOALS FOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS.

    (a) Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by Socially and 
Economically Disadvantaged Individuals.--Section 15(g)(1) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1)) is amended by striking 
``economically disadvantaged individuals shall be established at not 
less than 5 percent'' and inserting ``economically disadvantaged 
individuals shall be established at not less than 8 percent''.
    (b) GAO Study and Report.--
            (1) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
        shall conduct a study on the activities of the 5 most and the 5 
        least successful Federal agencies with respect to meeting goals 
        for procurement contracts established under section 15(g) of 
        the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)).
            (2) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to 
        Congress a report on the results of the study conducted under 
        paragraph (1), which shall include recommendations for 
        improving the 5 Federal agencies determined to be least 
        successful for purposes of that paragraph.
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