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Union Calendar No. 302 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4094 

[Report No. 113–410] 

To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to develop 

and implement a plan to improve the quality of data reported on bundled 

and consolidated contracts, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 26, 2014 

Mr. GRAVES of Missouri introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Small Business 

APRIL 9, 2014 

Additional sponsors: Ms. CHU, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. HANNA, Ms. MENG, Mr. 

MULVANEY, and Mr. MURPHY of Florida 

APRIL 9, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 26, 2014] 


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A BILL 

To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to develop and implement a plan to improve 

the quality of data reported on bundled and consolidated 

contracts, 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 ‘‘Contracting Data and 

5 Bundling Accountability Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PLAN FOR IMPROVING DATA ON BUNDLED AND 

7 CONSOLIDATED CONTRACTS. 

8 Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) 

9 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub10 section: 

11 ‘‘(s) DATA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the first day 

13 of fiscal year 2016, the Administrator of the Small 

14 Business Administration, in consultation with the 

15 Small Business Procurement Advisory Council, the 

16 Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement 

17 Policy, and the Administrator of the General Services 

18 Administration shall develop a plan to improve the 

19 quality of data reported on bundled and consolidated 

20 contracts in the Federal procurement data system. 

21 ‘‘(2) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The plan shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) describe the roles and responsibilities 

23 of the Administrator of the Small Business Ad24 ministration, the Directors of the Offices of 

25 Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 


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1 the Small Business Procurement Advisory Coun2 cil, the Administrator of the Office of Federal 

3 Procurement Policy, the Administrator of the 

4 General Services Administration, the senior pro5 curement executives, and Chief Acquisition Offi6 cers in implementing the plan described in para7 graph (1) and contributing to the annual report 

8 required by subsection (p)(4); 

9 ‘‘(B) make necessary changes to policies and 

10 procedures on proper identification and mitiga11 tion of contract bundling and consolidation, and 

12 to training procedures of relevant personnel on 

13 proper identification and mitigation of contract 

14 bundling and consolidation; 

15 ‘‘(C) establish consequences for failure to 

16 properly identify contracts as bundled or consoli17 dated; 

18 ‘‘(D) establish requirements for periodic and 

19 statistically valid data verification and valida20 tion; and 

21 ‘‘(E) assign clear data verification respon22 sibilities. 

23 ‘‘(3) COMMITTEE BRIEFING.—Once finalized and 

24 by not later than 90 days prior to implementation, 

25 the plan described in this subsection shall be presented 


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1 to the Committee on Small Business of the House of 

2 Representatives and the Committee on Small Business 

3 and Entrepreneurship of the Senate. 

4 ‘‘(4) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than the first 

5 day of fiscal year 2017, the Administrator of the 

6 Small Business Administration shall implement the 

7 plan described in this subsection. 

8 ‘‘(5) CERTIFICATION.—The Administrator shall 

9 annually provide to the Committee on Small Business 

10 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

11 Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate 

12 certification of the accuracy and completeness of data 

13 reported on bundled and consolidated contracts. 

14 ‘‘(6) GAO STUDY AND REPORT.— 

15 ‘‘(A) STUDY.—Not later than the first day 

16 of fiscal year 2018, the Comptroller General of 

17 the United States shall initiate a study on the 

18 effectiveness of the plan described in this sub19 section that shall assess whether contracts were 

20 accurately labeled as bundled or consolidated. 

21 ‘‘(B) CONTRACTS EVALUATED.—For the 

22 purposes of conducting the study described in 

23 subparagraph (A), the Comptroller General of 

24 the United States— 


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1 ‘‘(i) shall evaluate, for work in each of 

2 sectors 23, 33, 54, and 56 (as defined by the 

3 North American Industry Classification 

4 System), not fewer than 100 contracts in 

5 each sector; 

6 ‘‘(ii) shall evaluate only those con7 tracts— 

8 ‘‘(I) awarded by an agency listed 

9 in section 901(b) of title 31, United 

10 States Code; and 

11 ‘‘(II) that have a Base and Exer12 cised Options Value, an Action Obliga13 tion, or a Base and All Options Value; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(iii) shall not evaluate contracts that 

16 have used any set aside authority. 

17 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months 

18 after initiating the study required by subpara19 graph (A), the Comptroller General of the United 

20 States shall report to the Committee on Small 

21 Business of the House of Representatives and the 

22 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneur23 ship of the Senate on the results from such study 

24 and, if warranted, any recommendations on how 


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1 to improve the quality of data reported on bun2 dled and consolidated contracts. 

3 ‘‘(7) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection the fol4 lowing definitions shall apply: 

5 ‘‘(A) CHIEF ACQUISITION OFFICER; SENIOR

6 PROCUREMENT EXECUTIVE.—The terms ‘Chief 

7 Acquisition Officer’ and ‘senior procurement ex8 ecutive’ have the meanings given such terms in 

9 section 44 of this Act. 

10 ‘‘(B) FEDERAL PROCUREMENT DATA SYS11 TEM DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘Base and Exer12 cised Options Value’, ‘Action Obligation’, ‘Base 

13 and All Options Value’, and ‘set aside authority’ 

14 have the meanings given such terms by the Ad15 ministrator for Federal Procurement Policy in 

16 the Federal procurement data system on October 

17 1, 2013, or subsequent equivalent terms.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 302 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4094 

[Report No. 113–410] 

A BILL 

To direct the Administrator of the Small Business 

purposes. dled and consolidated contracts, and for other to improve the quality of data reported on bunAdministration to develop and implement a plan 

APRIL 9, 2014 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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