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[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1597 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1597

  To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the responsibilities of 
       commercial market representatives, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2017

    Mr. Brat (for himself, Mrs. Murphy of Florida, and Mr. Knight) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Small Business

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                                 A BILL

 
  To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the responsibilities of 
       commercial market representatives, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``The Commercial Market 
Representatives Clarification Act''.

SEC. 2. RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMERCIAL MARKET REPRESENTATIVES.

    Section 4(h) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633(h)) is 
amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Certification 
        Requirements for'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
                clauses (i) and (ii), respectively (and conforming the 
                margins accordingly);
                    (B) by amending clause (ii) (as so redesignated) to 
                read as follows:
                    ``(B) Application.--The requirements of clause (i) 
                shall be included in any initial job posting for the 
                position of a commercial market representative and 
                shall apply to any person appointed as a commercial 
                market representative after November 25, 2015.''; and
                    (C) in clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking 
                ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (A)'';
            (3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively (and conforming the 
        margins accordingly);
            (4) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (B)''; and
            (5) by inserting before subparagraph (A) (as so 
        redesignated) the following:
            ``(1) Duties.--The principal duties of a commercial market 
        representative employed by the Administrator and reporting to 
        the senior official appointed by the Administrator with 
        responsibilities under sections 8, 15, 31, and 36 (or the 
        designee of such official) shall be to advance the policies 
        established in section 8(d)(1) relating to subcontracting. Such 
        duties shall include--
                    ``(A) helping prime contractors to find small 
                business concerns that are capable of performing 
                subcontracts;
                    ``(B) for contractors awarded contracts containing 
                the clause described in section 8(d)(3), providing--
                            ``(i) counseling on the contractor's 
                        responsibility to maximize subcontracting 
                        opportunities for small business concerns;
                            ``(ii) instruction on methods and tools to 
                        identify potential subcontractors that are 
                        small business concerns; and
                            ``(iii) assistance to increase awards to 
                        subcontractors that are small business concerns 
                        through visits, training, and reviews of past 
                        performance;
                    ``(C) providing counseling on how a small business 
                concern may promote its capacity to contractors awarded 
                contracts containing the clause described in section 
                8(d)(3); and
                    ``(D) conducting periodic reviews of contractors 
                awarded contracts containing the clause described in 
                section 8(d)(3) to assess compliance with 
                subcontracting plans required under section 8(d)(6).
            ``(2) Certification requirements.--''.
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