[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5879 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5879


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 9, 2022

 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 clarify the application of the price 
evaluation preference for qualified HUBZone small business concerns to 
               certain 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 ``Hubzone Price Evaluation Preference 
Clarification Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF PRICE EVALUATION PREFERENCE FOR QUALIFIED 
              HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS TO CERTAIN CONTRACTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 31(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 657a(c)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Application to certain contracts.--The 
                requirements of subparagraph (A) shall apply to an 
                unrestricted order issued under an unrestricted 
                multiple award contract or the unrestricted portion of 
                a contract that is partially set aside for competition 
                restricted to small business concerns.''.
    (b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration shall revise any rule or guidance to implement the 
requirements of this section.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2022.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.