[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[H.R. 5879 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 244
117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5879

                          [Report No. 117-326]

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 4, 2021

Ms. Newman (for herself and Ms. Salazar) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

                              May 17, 2022

    Reported from the Committee on Small Business; committed to the 
 Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to 
                               be printed


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                                 A BILL


 
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.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 244

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5879

                          [Report No. 117-326]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 17, 2022

   Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
                    Union and ordered to be printed