[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3372 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3372

  To amend the Small Business Act to give small business contracting 
  credit for subcontractors that are Puerto Rico businesses, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2019

 Ms. Velazquez (for herself and Mr. Cisneros) 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 give small business contracting 
  credit for subcontractors that are Puerto Rico businesses, 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 ``Small Business Contracting Credit 
Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING CREDIT FOR SUBCONTRACTORS THAT ARE 
              PUERTO RICO BUSINESSES.

    Section 15(x)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(x)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``, or a prime contractor awards a 
        subcontract (at any tier) to a subcontractor that is a Puerto 
        Rico business,'' after ``Puerto Rico business'';
            (2) by inserting ``or subcontract'' after ``the contract''; 
        and
            (3) by striking ``subsection (g)(1)(A)(i)'' and inserting 
        ``subsection (g)(1)(A)''.
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