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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5454 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5454

To amend title 41, United States Code, to add the Administrator of the 
  Small Business Administration to the Federal Acquisition Regulatory 
 Council, to require the Administrator to submit certain reports, and 
                          for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 2023

Ms. Velazquez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the 
Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

 
To amend title 41, United States Code, to add the Administrator of the 
  Small Business Administration to the Federal Acquisition Regulatory 
 Council, to require the Administrator to submit certain reports, 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 ``Fairness in Shaping Small Business 
Contracting Policies Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. ADDITION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SMALL BUSINESS 
              ADMINISTRATION TO THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATORY 
              COUNCIL.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 1302(b) of title 41, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) the Administrator of the Small Business 
                Administration.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (2) of such section is amended 
by striking ``subparagraphs (B) to (D)'' and inserting ``subparagraphs 
(B) through (E)''.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
shall submit to the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship of the Senate a report that includes--
            (1) an assessment of the personnel and resources necessary 
        for the Administrator to carry out assigned duties as a member 
        of the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council; and
            (2) recommended changes to current laws, strategies, 
        policies, or regulations to assist the Administrator in 
        carrying out such duties.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON RULEMAKING.

    Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and biannually thereafter, the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration shall submit to the Committee on Small Business of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship of the Senate a report that includes the following:
            (1) A list of the pending and completed legislative or 
        executive branch actions that require or required rulemaking by 
        both the Administrator and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory 
        Council before such action could be carried out.
            (2) A description of the length of time between each such 
        action and the issuance of a final rule relating to such action 
        by the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council.
            (3) A list of each such action for which the Federal 
        Acquisition Regulatory Council requires a final rule to be 
        issued by the Administrator before the Council initiates a 
        rulemaking process.
            (4) Recommendations to decrease the length of time between 
        a legislative or executive branch action and the issuance of a 
        final rule relating to such action by the Federal Acquisition 
        Regulatory Council, where such issuance occurs after the 
        issuance of a final rule relating to such action by the 
        Administrator.
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