[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5861 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5861

To streamline the process for granting certain waivers for requirements 
on contracts awarded under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 4, 2021

  Mr. Evans (for himself and Mr. Fitzgerald) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
To streamline the process for granting certain waivers for requirements 
on contracts awarded under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, 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 ``Waiver Authorization Streamlining 
Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER AUTHORIZATION STREAMLINING.

    Section 8(a)(21) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(21)) 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subparagraph (B)'' 
        and inserting ``subparagraphs (B) and (F)'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) by striking clause (iii); and
                    (B) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as 
                clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively;
            (3) by moving subparagraph (C) two ems to the left; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(F) In the event either a contract awarded pursuant to this 
subsection or ownership and control of a concern performing a contract 
awarded pursuant to this subsection will pass to another small business 
concern, the requirements of subparagraph (A) shall not apply if--
            ``(i) the acquiring small business concern is a program 
        participant; and
            ``(ii) upon a request submitted prior to the passage of the 
        contract or the actual relinquishment of ownership and control, 
        as applicable, the Administrator (or the delegee of the 
        Administrator) determines that the acquiring small business 
        concern would otherwise be eligible to directly receive the 
        award pursuant to this subsection.''.
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