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Union Calendar No. 448 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8014 

[Report No. 118–539] 

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 

JUNE 4, 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 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. 


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

6 SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION RULES FOR 

7 CANCELLED COVERED SOLICITATIONS. 

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

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

10 the Small Business Administration shall issue rules to 

11 carry out the following actions: 

12 (1) Disclose information about a covered solici13 tation that was issued and cancelled that includes 

14 the following: 

15 (A) A justification for the cancellation of 

16 such covered solicitation. 

17 (B) Available information about any plans 

18 to reissue such covered solicitation and any as19 sociated timeframes for such reissuance. 

20 (C) Available information about any plans 

21 to include the requirements such covered solici22 tation in another contract or task order of the 

23 Federal agency. 

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1 issue, procedures for the referral of a small business 

2 concern that prepared a bid for such covered solici3 tation to the Director of Small and Disadvantaged 

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

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

6 Federal agency for assistance in identifying similar 

7 contracting opportunities. 

8 (b) PUBLICATION.—The information required under 

9 subsection (a) shall be made publicly accessible on the sin10 gle governmentwide point of entry described under section 

11 1708 of title 41, United States Code. 

12 (c) COVERED SOLICITATION DEFINED.—The term 

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

14 agency for a procurement for which two or more small 

15 business concerns were eligible to submit a bid. 

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

17 AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZA18 TION RELATING TO CERTAIN CANCELLED SO19 LICITATIONS. 

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

21 644(k)) is amended— 

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

23 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

25 paragraph: 


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

2 concern that a Federal agency cancelled a solicita3 tion for which such concern prepared a bid and such 

4 Federal agency does not intend to reissue, assist 

5 such concern with identifying similar contracting op6 portunities.’’. 

7 SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. 

8 No additional amounts are authorized to be appro9 priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 

10 by this Act. 


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Union Calendar No. 448 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8014 

[Report No. 118–539] 

A BILL 

To require the Administrator of the Small Business 

and for other purposes. cerns relating to certain cancelled solicitations, Act to provide assistance to small business conered solicitations, to amend the Small Business Administration to issue rules for cancelled covJUNE 4, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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