[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3830 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3830

 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
   expand eligibility for certain contracts, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 2023

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
   expand eligibility for 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. EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTS.

    (a) Competitive Thresholds.--Section 8020 of title VIII of division 
A of the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza 
Act, 2006 (15 U.S.C. 637 note) is amended by striking ``with agencies 
of the Department of Defense'' and inserting ``with agencies and 
departments of the Federal Government''.
    (b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, in order to carry out the amendments made by 
subsection (a)--
            (1) the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, 
        in consultation with the Administrator for Federal Procurement 
        Policy, shall promulgate regulations; and
            (2) the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council established 
        under section 1302(a) of title 41, United States Code, shall 
        amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
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