[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 226 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 226

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the Small Business Act to include best in class designations 
     in the annual report on small business goals prepared by the 
   Administrator of the Small Business Administration, 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 2019''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF BEST IN CLASS DESIGNATIONS IN ANNUAL REPORT ON 
              SMALL BUSINESS GOALS.

    Section 15(h) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(h)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(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 
                        Governmentwide in such designation;
                            ``(ii) the number of small business 
                        concerns awarded contracts and the dollar 
                        amount of such contracts awarded within each 
                        such designation to each of the following--
                                    ``(I) qualified 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) small business concerns 
                                owned and controlled by socially and 
                                economically disadvantaged individuals.
                    ``(B) Best in class defined.--The term `best in 
                class' has the meaning given such term by the Director 
                of the Office of Management and Budget.
                    ``(C) Effective date.--The Administrator shall 
                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 January 9, 2019.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
116th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 226

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To amend the Small Business Act to include best in class designations 
     in the annual report on small business goals prepared by the 
   Administrator of the Small Business Administration, and for other 
                               purposes.