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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1744 

To require the Small Business Administration to disaggregate data on Federal 

contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by 

socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in certain reports, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 23, 2023 

Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. CASAR, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. 

BONAMICI, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. TAKANO, 

Mr. LIEU, Ms. NORTON, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. 

BROWN, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. OMAR, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. CARSON, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, and Ms. JACKSON LEE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 

Business 

A BILL 

To require the Small Business Administration to 

disaggregate data on Federal contracts awarded to small 

business concerns owned and controlled by socially and 

economically disadvantaged individuals in certain reports, 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency in Gov3 ernment Contracts Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DISAGGREGATE DATA ON CONTRACTS AWARDED TO 

5 SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN OWNED AND 

6 CONTROLLED BY SOCIALLY AND ECONOMI7 CALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 15(h) of the Small Busi9 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 644(h)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (2)(E)(iv)— 

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

12 at the end; 

13 (B) in subclause (VIII), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

14 at the end; and 

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

16 subclause: 

17 ‘‘(IX) disaggregated by— 

18 ‘‘(aa) the race, ethnicity, 

19 and gender, or by the type of en20 tity, as applicable, of the socially 

21 and economically disadvantaged 

22 individuals that own such small 

23 business concerns owned and 

24 controlled by socially and eco25 nomically disadvantaged individ26 uals; and 


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1 ‘‘(bb) whether the small 

2 business concerns owned and 

3 controlled by socially and eco4 nomically disadvantaged partici5 pates in a program under section 

6 8(a) of this title;’’; and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

8 paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(5) DISAGGREGATE CERTAIN SUBCONTRACT

10 AWARD DATA.—In each report required by para11 graph (2), the Administrator shall, to the extent 

12 practicable, disaggregate the data required by para13 graph (2)(F) for subcontracts awarded to small 

14 business concerns owned and controlled by socially 

15 and economically disadvantaged individuals by— 

16 ‘‘(A) the race, ethnicity, and gender, or by 

17 the type of entity, as applicable, of the socially 

18 and economically disadvantaged individuals that 

19 own such small business concerns owned and 

20 controlled by socially and economically dis21 advantaged individuals; and 

22 ‘‘(B) whether the small business concern 

23 owned and controlled by socially and economi24 cally disadvantaged individuals participates in a 

25 program under section 8(a) of this title.’’. 


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1 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub2 section (a) shall apply only with respect to reports re3 quired by section 15(h)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 

4 U.S.C. 644(h)(2)) after the date of the enactment of this 

5 Act. 

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