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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5144 

To require the Comptroller General of the United States to report on compliance of contracting agencies with subcontracting plans and subcontracting goals under the Small Business Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 1, 2018 

Mr. BLUM (for himself and Mr. SCHNEIDER) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

A BILL 

To require the Comptroller General of the United States 

to report on compliance of contracting agencies with 

subcontracting plans and subcontracting goals under the 

Small Business Act, 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 ‘‘Contracting Compli5 ance Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GAO REPORT ON COMPLIANCE OF CONTRACTING 

2 AGENCIES WITH SUBCONTRACTING PLANS 

3 AND SUBCONTRACTING GOALS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

6 of the United States shall submit to the Committee on 

7 Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and 

8 the Committee on Small Business of the House of Rep9 resentatives a report on the activities of two or more con10 tracting agencies selected by the Comptroller General to 

11 comply with the requirements of section 8(d)(7) of the 

12 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(7)). Such report 

13 shall include— 

14 (1) an analysis of the activities of at least one 

15 military department (as defined in section 101(8) of 

16 title 10, United States Code); 

17 (2) an analysis of contracting agency oversight 

18 activities and protocols, including actions taken by 

19 the contracting agency to ensure contractor compli20 ance with the requirements of section 8(d) of the 

21 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)); 

22 (3) an evaluation of the extent to which the Ad23 ministrator of the Small Business Administration is 

24 encouraging contracting agencies to conduct over25 sight activities and any actions taken by contracting 

26 agencies in response to such encouragement; 


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1 (4) an assessment of the effectiveness of con2 tracting agency actions or processes taken against 

3 noncompliant prime contractors; 

4 (5) a description of how contracting agencies 

5 define a material breach under section 8(d)(9) of the 

6 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(9)); and 

7 (6) any recommendations to strengthen over8 sight of the compliance of prime contractors with the 

9 requirements of subcontracting plans and subcon10 tracting goals established within such subcontracting 

11 plan. 

12 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

13 (1) PRIME CONTRACTOR.—The term ‘‘prime 

14 contractor’’ has the meaning given in section 

15 8701(5) of title 41, United States Code. 

16 (2) SUBCONTRACTING GOALS.—The term ‘‘sub17 contracting goals’’ means the goals established 

18 under section 8(d)(6)(A) of the Small Business Act 

19 (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(6)(A)) relating to utilization as 

20 subcontractors of certain small business concerns. 

21 (3) SUBCONTRACTING PLAN.—The term ‘‘sub22 contracting plan’’ means a plan required under para23 graph (4) or (5) of section 8(d) of the Small Busi24 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)). 

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