[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.R. 6382 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6382


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 26, 2018

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business 
                          and Entrepreneurship

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To amend the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the 
  Small Business Administration to report certain information to the 
         Congress and to the President, 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 ``Clarity on Small Business 
Participation in Category Management Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING.

    Section 15(h) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(h)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Best in class small business participation 
        reporting.--
                    ``(A) Addendum.--The Administrator, in addition to 
                the requirements under paragraph (2), shall include in 
                the report required by such paragraph, for each best in 
                class designation--
                            ``(i) the total amount of spending 
                        government wide in such designation;
                            ``(ii) the number of small business 
                        concerns awarded contracts and the dollar 
                        amount of contracts within such category 
                        awarded to each of the following--
                                    ``(I) HUBZone small business 
                                concerns;
                                    ``(II) small business concerns 
                                owned and controlled by women;
                                    ``(III) small business concerns 
                                owned and controlled by service-
                                disabled veterans; and
                                    ``(IV) socially and economically 
                                disadvantaged small business concerns.
                    ``(B) Best in class.--The term `best in class' has 
                the meaning given to it by the Director of the Office 
                of Management and Budget.
                    ``(C) Effective date.--The Administrator shall be 
                required to report on the information described by 
                subparagraph (A) beginning on the date that such 
                information is available in the Federal Procurement 
                Data System, the System for Award Management, or any 
                successor to such systems.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.