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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8014 

To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to issue 

rules for cancelled covered solicitations, to amend the Small Business 

Act to provide assistance to small business concerns relating to certain 

cancelled solicitations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 16, 2024 

Mr. MFUME (for himself and Mr. ALFORD) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

A BILL 

To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to issue rules for cancelled covered solicitations, 

to amend the Small Business Act to provide assistance 

to small business concerns relating to certain cancelled 

solicitations, 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 ‘‘Transparency and Pre5 dictability in Small Business Opportunities Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION RULES FOR 

2 CANCELLED COVERED SOLICITATIONS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 

5 the Small Business Administration shall issue rules to 

6 carry out the following actions: 

7 (1) Disclose information about a covered solici8 tation that was issued and cancelled that includes 

9 the following: 

10 (A) A justification for the cancellation of 

11 such covered solicitation. 

12 (B) Available information about any plans 

13 to reissue such covered solicitation and any as14 sociated timeframes for such reissuance. 

15 (C) Available information about any plans 

16 to include the requirements such covered solici17 tation in another contract or task order of the 

18 Federal agency. 

19 (2) With respect to a cancelled covered solicita20 tion which the Federal agency does not intend to re21 issue, procedures for the referral of a small business 

22 concern that prepared a bid for such covered solici23 tation to the Director of Small and Disadvantaged 

24 Business Utilization (as defined in section 15(k) of 

25 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k))) of the 


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1 Federal agency for assistance in identifying similar 

2 contracting opportunities. 

3 (b) PUBLICATION.—The information required under 

4 subsection (a) shall be made publicly accessible on the sin5 gle governmentwide point of entry described under section 

6 1708 of title 41, United States Code. 

7 (c) COVERED SOLICITATION DEFINED.—The term 

8 ‘‘covered solicitation’’ means a solicitation of a Federal 

9 agency for a procurement for which two or more small 

10 business concerns were eligible to submit a bid. 

11 SEC. 3. DUTIES FOR DIRECTORS OF OFFICES OF SMALL 

12 AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZA13 TION RELATING TO CERTAIN CANCELLED SO14 LICITATIONS. 

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

16 644(k)) is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (21), by striking the period at 

18 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

20 paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(22) shall, when notified by a small business 

22 concern that a Federal agency cancelled a solicita23 tion for which such concern prepared a bid and such 

24 Federal agency does not intend to reissue, assist 


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1 such concern with identifying similar contracting op2 portunities.’’. 

3 SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. 

4 No additional amounts are authorized to be appro5 priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 

6 by this Act. 

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