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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2452 

To amend the Small Business Act with respect to the procurement program 

for women-owned small business concerns, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 20, 2013 

Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. BARBER, Ms. CHU, Ms. 

CLARKE, and Ms. MENG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act with respect to the procurement program for women-owned 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 ‘‘Women’s Procurement 

5 Program Equalization Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. WOMEN’S PROCUREMENT PROGRAM EQUALI7 ZATION. 

8 Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

9 637(m)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (2), so that subparagraph (E) 

2 reads as follows: 

3 ‘‘(E) each of the concerns— 

4 ‘‘(i) is certified by a Federal agency, 

5 a State government, or a national certi6 fying entity approved by the Adminis7 trator, as a small business concern owned 

8 and controlled by women; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) is certified by the Administrator 

10 as a small business concern owned and 

11 controlled by women.’’; and 

12 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(7) SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS FOR ECONOMI14 CALLY DISADVANTAGED WOMEN-OWNED SMALL

15 BUSINESSES.—In accordance with this section, a 

16 contracting officer may award a sole source contract 

17 to any small business concern meeting the require18 ments of section 8(m)(2)(A) of this Act if— 

19 ‘‘(A) such concern is determined to be a 

20 responsible contract with respect to perform21 ance of such contract opportunity and the con22 tracting officer does not have a reasonable ex23 pectation that 2 or more businesses meeting the 

24 requirements of section 8(m)(2)(A) will submit 

25 offers; 


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1 ‘‘(B) the anticipated award price of the 

2 contract (including options) will not exceed— 

3 ‘‘(i) $6,500,000 in the case of a con4 tract opportunity assigned a standard in5 dustrial code for manufacturing; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) $4,000,000 in the case of any 

7 other contract opportunity; and 

8 ‘‘(C) in the estimation of the contracting 

9 officer, the contract award can be made at a 

10 fair and reasonable price. 

11 ‘‘(8) SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS FOR WOMEN

12 OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES IN SUBSTANTIALLY

13 UNDERREPRESENTED INDUSTRIES.—In accordance 

14 with this section, a contracting officer may award a 

15 sole source contract to any small business concerns 

16 meeting the requirements of section 8(m)(3) of this 

17 Act if— 

18 ‘‘(A) such concern is determined to be a 

19 responsible contract with respect to perform20 ance of such contract opportunity and the con21 tracting officer does not have a reasonable ex22 pectation that 2 or more businesses meeting the 

23 requirements of section 8(m)(3) will submit of24 fers; 


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1 ‘‘(B) the anticipated award price of the 

2 contract (including options) will not exceed— 

3 ‘‘(i) $6,500,000 in the case of a con4 tract opportunity assigned a standard in5 dustrial code for manufacturing; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) $4,000,000 in the case of any 

7 other contract opportunity; and 

8 ‘‘(C) in the estimation of the contracting 

9 officer, the contract award can be made at a 

10 fair and reasonable price.’’. 

11 SEC. 3. REPORTING ON GOALS FOR PROCUREMENT CON12 TRACTS AWARDED TO SMALL BUSINESS CON13 CERNS. 

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

15 (15 U.S.C. 644) is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(viii) small business concerns owned 

17 and controlled by women— 

18 ‘‘(I) in the aggregate; 

19 ‘‘(II) through competitions re20 stricted to small business concerns; 

21 ‘‘(III) through competitions re22 stricted using the authority under sec23 tion 8(m)(2); 

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1 tion 8(m)(2) and in which the waiver 

2 authority under section 8(m)(3) was 

3 used; 

4 ‘‘(V) through sole source con5 tracts awarded using the authority 

6 under section 8(m)(7); 

7 ‘‘(VI) through sole source con8 tracts awarded using the authority 

9 under section 8(m)(8) and in which 

10 the waiver authority under section 

11 8(m)(3) was used; 

12 ‘‘(VII) by industry in which the 

13 contracts described in subclauses (III) 

14 through (VI) were awarded; and 

15 ‘‘(VIII) through unrestricted 

16 competition; and’’. 

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