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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1693 

To amend the Small Business Act to add reporting requirements for certain 

small business concerns, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 23, 2017 

Ms. CLARKE of New York (for herself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act to add reporting requirements for certain 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 ‘‘Improving Contract 

5 Procurement for Small Businesses through More Accurate 

6 Reporting Act of 2017’’. 

7 SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN SMALL 

8 BUSINESS CONCERNS. 

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

10 U.S.C. 644(h)(2)(E)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in clause (i)— 

2 (A) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

3 the end; and 

4 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

5 subclauses: 

6 ‘‘(V) that were purchased by an7 other entity after the initial contract 

8 was awarded and as a result of the 

9 purchase, would no longer be deemed 

10 to be small business concerns for pur11 poses of the initial contract; and 

12 ‘‘(VI) that were awarded using a 

13 procurement method that restricted 

14 competition to small business concerns 

15 owned and controlled by service-dis16 abled veterans, qualified HUBZone 

17 small business concerns, small busi18 ness concerns owned and controlled by 

19 socially and economically disadvan20 taged individuals, small business con21 cerns owned and controlled by women, 

22 or a subset of any such concerns;’’; 

23 (2) in clause (ii)— 

24 (A) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

25 the end; and 


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1 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

2 subclauses: 

3 ‘‘(VI) that were purchased by an4 other entity after the initial contract 

5 was awarded and as a result of the 

6 purchase, would no longer be deemed 

7 to be small business concerns owned 

8 and controlled by service-disabled vet9 erans for purposes of the initial con10 tract; and 

11 ‘‘(VII) that were awarded using a 

12 procurement method that restricted 

13 competition to qualified HUBZone 

14 small business concerns, small busi15 ness concerns owned and controlled by 

16 socially and economically disadvan17 taged individuals, small business con18 cerns owned and controlled by women, 

19 or a subset of any such concerns;’’; 

20 (3) in clause (iii)— 

21 (A) in subclause (V), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

22 the end; and 

23 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

24 subclauses: 


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1 ‘‘(VII) that were purchased by 

2 another entity after the initial con3 tract was awarded and as a result of 

4 the purchase, would no longer be 

5 deemed to be qualified HUBZone 

6 small business concerns for purposes 

7 of the initial contract; and 

8 ‘‘(VIII) that were awarded using 

9 a procurement method that restricted 

10 competition to small business concerns 

11 owned and controlled by service-dis12 abled veterans, small business con13 cerns owned and controlled by socially 

14 and economically disadvantaged indi15 viduals, small business concerns 

16 owned and controlled by women, or a 

17 subset of any such concerns;’’; 

18 (4) in clause (iv)— 

19 (A) in subclause (V), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

20 the end; and 

21 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

22 subclauses: 

23 ‘‘(VII) that were purchased by 

24 another entity after the initial con25 tract was awarded and as a result of 


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1 the purchase, would no longer be 

2 deemed to be small business concerns 

3 owned and controlled by socially and 

4 economically disadvantaged individ5 uals for purposes of the initial con6 tract; and 

7 ‘‘(VIII) that were awarded using 

8 a procurement method that restricted 

9 competition to small business concerns 

10 owned and controlled by service-dis11 abled veterans, qualified HUBZone 

12 small business concerns, small busi13 ness concerns owned and controlled by 

14 women, or a subset of any such con15 cerns;’’; 

16 (5) in clause (v)— 

17 (A) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

18 the end; 

19 (B) in subclause (V), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at 

20 the end; and 

21 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

22 subclause: 

23 ‘‘(VI) that were purchased by an24 other entity after the initial contract 

25 was awarded and as a result of the 


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1 purchase, would no longer be deemed 

2 to be small business concerns owned 

3 by an Indian tribe other than an Alas4 ka Native Corporation for purposes of 

5 the initial contract;’’; 

6 (6) in clause (vi)— 

7 (A) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

8 the end; 

9 (B) in subclause (V), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at 

10 the end; and 

11 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

12 subclause: 

13 ‘‘(VI) that were purchased by an14 other entity after the initial contract 

15 was awarded and as a result of the 

16 purchase, would no longer be deemed 

17 to be small business concerns owned 

18 by a Native Hawaiian Organization 

19 for purposes of the initial contract;’’; 

20 (7) in clause (vii)— 

21 (A) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

22 the end; 

23 (B) in subclause (V), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

24 the end; and 


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1 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

2 subclause: 

3 ‘‘(VI) that were purchased by an4 other entity after the initial contract 

5 was awarded and as a result of the 

6 purchase, would no longer be deemed 

7 to be small business concerns owned 

8 by an Alaska Native Corporation for 

9 purposes of the initial contract; and’’; 

10 and 

11 (8) in clause (viii)— 

12 (A) in subclause (VII), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

13 at the end; 

14 (B) in subclause (VIII), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

15 at the end; and 

16 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

17 subclauses: 

18 ‘‘(IX) that were purchased by an19 other entity after the initial contract 

20 was awarded and as a result of the 

21 purchase, would no longer be deemed 

22 to be small business concerns owned 

23 and controlled by women for purposes 

24 of the initial contract; and 


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1 ‘‘(X) that were awarded using a 

2 procurement method that restricted 

3 competition to small business concerns 

4 owned and controlled by service-dis5 abled veterans, qualified HUBZone 

6 small business concerns, small busi7 ness concerns owned and controlled by 

8 socially and economically disadvan9 taged individuals, or a subset of any 

10 such concerns; and’’. 

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