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Union Calendar No. 453 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7988 

[Report No. 118–547] 

To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to new 

small business entrants in the scorecard program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 15, 2024 

Mr. STAUBER (for himself and Ms. PEREZ) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

JUNE 11, 2024 

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 include requirements 

relating to new small business entrants in the scorecard 

program, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Small Business Pro5 curement and Utilization Reform Act of 2024’’ or the 

6 ‘‘SPUR Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO SCORECARD REQUIREMENTS. 

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

9 644(y)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (A) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 

12 subparagraph (F); and 

13 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 

14 the following new subparagraph: 

15 ‘‘(E) The number of new small business 

16 entrants, including new small business entrants 

17 that are small business concerns owned and 

18 controlled by service-disabled veterans, qualified 

19 HUBZone small business concerns, small busi20 ness concerns owned and controlled by socially 

21 and economically disadvantaged individuals, and 

22 small business concerns owned and controlled 

23 by women awarded prime contracts in each 

24 North American Industry Classification System 

25 code during the fiscal year, and a comparison 


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1 to the number awarded prime contracts during 

2 the prior fiscal year, if available.’’; 

3 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘subpara4 graphs (B) through (E) of paragraph (2)’’ and in5 serting ‘‘subparagraphs (B) through (F) of para6 graph (2)’’; and 

7 (3) by amending paragraph (6) to read as fol8 lows: 

9 ‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

10 ‘‘(A) NEW SMALL BUSINESS ENTRANT.— 

11 The term ‘new small business entrant’ means a 

12 small business concern that— 

13 ‘‘(i) has been awarded a prime con14 tract; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) has not previously been awarded 

16 a prime contract by the Federal Govern17 ment. 

18 ‘‘(B) SCORECARD.—The term ‘scorecard’ 

19 means any summary using a rating system to 

20 evaluate the efforts of a Federal agency to meet 

21 goals established under subsection (g)(1)(B) 

22 that— 

23 ‘‘(i) includes the measures described 

24 in paragraph (2); and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) assigns a score to each Federal 

2 agency evaluated.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. 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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Union Calendar No. 453 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7988 

[Report No. 118–547] 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act to include repurposes. trants in the scorecard program, and for other quirements relating to new small business enJUNE 11, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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