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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4330 

To amend the Small Business Act to add reporting requirements for certain 

small business concerns, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 6, 2016 

Ms. CLARKE of New York (for herself and Mr. CURBELO of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 

Business 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act to add reporting requirements for certain small business concerns, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Contract 

5 Procurement for Small Businesses through More Accurate 

6 Reporting Act of 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN SMALL 

2 BUSINESS CONCERNS. 

3 Section 15(h)(2)(E) of the Small Business Act (15 

4 U.S.C. 644(h)(2)(E)) is amended— 

5 (1) in clause (i)— 

6 (A) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

7 the end; and 

8 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

9 subclauses: 

10 ‘‘(V) that were purchased by an11 other entity after the initial contract 

12 was awarded and as a result of the 

13 purchase, would no longer be deemed 

14 to be small business concerns for pur15 poses of the initial contract; and 

16 ‘‘(VI) that were awarded using a 

17 procurement method that restricted 

18 competition to small business concerns 

19 owned and controlled by service-dis20 abled veterans, qualified HUBZone 

21 small business concerns, small busi22 ness concerns owned and controlled by 

23 socially and economically disadvan24 taged individuals, small business con25 cerns owned and controlled by women, 

26 or a subset of any such concerns;’’; 


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1 (2) in clause (ii)— 

2 (A) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

3 the end; and 

4 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

5 subclauses: 

6 ‘‘(VI) that were purchased by an7 other entity after the initial contract 

8 was awarded and as a result of the 

9 purchase, would no longer be deemed 

10 to be small business concerns owned 

11 and controlled by service-disabled vet12 erans for purposes of the initial con13 tract; and 

14 ‘‘(VII) that were awarded using a 

15 procurement method that restricted 

16 competition to qualified HUBZone 

17 small business concerns, small busi18 ness concerns owned and controlled by 

19 socially and economically disadvan20 taged individuals, small business con21 cerns owned and controlled by women, 

22 or a subset of any such concerns;’’; 

23 (3) in clause (iii)— 

24 (A) in subclause (V), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

25 the end; and 


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1 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

2 subclauses: 

3 ‘‘(VII) that were purchased by 

4 another entity after the initial con5 tract was awarded and as a result of 

6 the purchase, would no longer be 

7 deemed to be qualified HUBZone 

8 small business concerns for purposes 

9 of the initial contract; and 

10 ‘‘(VIII) that were awarded using 

11 a procurement method that restricted 

12 competition to small business concerns 

13 owned and controlled by service-dis14 abled veterans, small business con15 cerns owned and controlled by socially 

16 and economically disadvantaged indi17 viduals, small business concerns 

18 owned and controlled by women, or a 

19 subset of any such concerns;’’; 

20 (4) in clause (iv)— 

21 (A) in subclause (V), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

22 the end; and 

23 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

24 subclauses: 


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1 ‘‘(VII) that were purchased by 

2 another entity after the initial con3 tract was awarded and as a result of 

4 the purchase, would no longer be 

5 deemed to be small business concerns 

6 owned and controlled by socially and 

7 economically disadvantaged individ8 uals for purposes of the initial con9 tract; and 

10 ‘‘(VIII) that were awarded using 

11 a procurement method that restricted 

12 competition to small business concerns 

13 owned and controlled by service-dis14 abled veterans, qualified HUBZone 

15 small business concerns, small busi16 ness concerns owned and controlled by 

17 women, or a subset of any such con18 cerns;’’; 

19 (5) in clause (v)— 

20 (A) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

21 the end; 

22 (B) in subclause (V), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at 

23 the end; and 

24 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

25 subclause: 


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1 ‘‘(VI) that were purchased by an2 other entity after the initial contract 

3 was awarded and as a result of the 

4 purchase, would no longer be deemed 

5 to be small business concerns owned 

6 by an Indian tribe other than an Alas7 ka Native Corporation for purposes of 

8 the initial contract;’’; 

9 (6) in clause (vi)— 

10 (A) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

11 the end; 

12 (B) in subclause (V), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at 

13 the end; and 

14 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

15 subclause: 

16 ‘‘(VI) that were purchased by an17 other entity after the initial contract 

18 was awarded and as a result of the 

19 purchase, would no longer be deemed 

20 to be small business concerns owned 

21 by a Native Hawaiian Organization 

22 for purposes of the initial contract;’’; 

23 (7) in clause (vii)— 

24 (A) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

25 the end; 


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1 (B) in subclause (V), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; and 

3 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

4 subclause: 

5 ‘‘(VI) that were purchased by an6 other entity after the initial contract 

7 was awarded and as a result of the 

8 purchase, would no longer be deemed 

9 to be small business concerns owned 

10 by an Alaska Native Corporation for 

11 purposes of the initial contract; and’’; 

12 and 

13 (8) in clause (viii)— 

14 (A) in subclause (VII), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

15 at the end; 

16 (B) in subclause (VIII), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

17 at the end; and 

18 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

19 subclauses: 

20 ‘‘(IX) that were purchased by an21 other entity after the initial contract 

22 was awarded and as a result of the 

23 purchase, would no longer be deemed 

24 to be small business concerns owned 


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1 and controlled by women for purposes 

2 of the initial contract; and 

3 ‘‘(X) that were awarded using a 

4 procurement method that restricted 

5 competition to small business concerns 

6 owned and controlled by service-dis7 abled veterans, qualified HUBZone 

8 small business concerns, small busi9 ness concerns owned and controlled by 

10 socially and economically disadvan11 taged individuals, or a subset of any 

12 such concerns; and’’. 

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