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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2921 

To amend the Small Business Act with respect to assistance under section 

8(a) of that Act and goals for procurement contracts, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 

Ms. CLARKE of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Small Business 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act with respect to assistance 

under section 8(a) of that Act and goals for procurement 

contracts, 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 ‘‘Expanding Opportuni5 ties for Small Businesses Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. 8(a) ASSISTANCE. 

7 (a) DURATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—Section 7(j)(15) of 

8 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(j)(15)) is amend9 ed— 


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1 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 

2 by striking ‘‘nine years’’ and inserting ‘‘12 years’’; 

3 (2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘four 

4 years’’ and inserting ‘‘4 years’’; and 

5 (3) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘five 

6 years’’ and inserting ‘‘8 years’’. 

7 (b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR BUSINESS CON8 CERNS NO LONGER ELIGIBLE.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

10 the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 

11 of the Small Business Administration shall establish 

12 a program to provide to a covered business concern, 

13 during the 2-year period following the expiration of 

14 the concern’s eligibility to receive contracts under 

15 section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

16 637(a)), technical assistance with respect to business 

17 activities. 

18 (2) COVERED BUSINESS CONCERN DEFINED.— 

19 In this subsection, the term ‘‘covered business con20 cern’’ means a business concern that had been, but 

21 is no longer, eligible to receive contracts under sec22 tion 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

23 637(a)). 


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1 SEC. 3. GOALS FOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS. 

2 (a) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND CON3 TROLLED BY SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVAN4 TAGED INDIVIDUALS.—Section 15(g)(1) of the Small 

5 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1)) is amended by strik6 ing ‘‘economically disadvantaged individuals shall be es7 tablished at not less than 5 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘eco8 nomically disadvantaged individuals shall be established at 

9 not less than 8 percent’’. 

10 (b) GAO STUDY AND REPORT.— 

11 (1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the 

12 United States shall conduct a study on the activities 

13 of the 5 most and the 5 least successful Federal 

14 agencies with respect to meeting goals for procure15 ment contracts established under section 15(g) of 

16 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)). 

17 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

18 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

19 General shall submit to Congress a report on the re20 sults of the study conducted under paragraph (1), 

21 which shall include recommendations for improving 

22 the 5 Federal agencies determined to be least suc23 cessful for purposes of that paragraph. 

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