Small Business Scorecard Enhancements Act of 2022

To amend the Small Business Act to codify the scorecard program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Scorecard Enhancements Act of 2022 2. Codification of Small Business Administration scorecard (a) In general Section 868(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( 15 U.S.C. 644 15 U.S.C. 644 (1) by striking paragraphs (1), (6), and (7); (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; (3) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (6); (4) in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated), by striking Beginning in to evaluate The Administrator shall use a scorecard to annually evaluate (5) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking developed under paragraph (1) (ii) by inserting and Governmentwide each Federal agency (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking section 15(g)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1)(B) subsection (g)(1)(B) (6) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking paragraph (3)(A) paragraph (2)(A) (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking paragraph (3) paragraph (2) (7) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) the following new paragraph: (4) Additional requirements for scorecards The scorecard shall include, for each Federal agency and Governmentwide, the following information with respect to prime contracts: (A) The number (expressed as a percentage) and total dollar amount of awards made to small business concerns owned and controlled by women through sole source contracts and competitions restricted to small business concerns owned and controlled by women under section 8(m). (B) The number (expressed as a percentage) and total dollar amount of awards made to small business concerns owned and controlled by qualified HUBZone small business concerns through sole source contracts and competitions restricted to qualified HUBZone small business concerns under section 31(c)(2). (C) The number (expressed as a percentage) and total dollar amount of awards made to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans through sole source contracts and competitions restricted to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans under section 36. (D) The number (expressed as a percentage) and total dollar amount of awards made to socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns under section 8(a) through sole source contracts and competitions restricted to socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns, disaggregated by awards made to such concerns that are owned and controlled by individuals and awards made to such concerns that are owned and controlled by an entity. ; (8) in paragraph (5), by striking section 15(h)(2) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 644(h)(2) subsection (h)(2) (9) by amending paragraph (6) (as so redesignated) to read as follows: (6) Scorecard defined In this subsection, the term scorecard (A) includes the information described in paragraph (2); and (B) assigns a score to each Federal agency evaluated. . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Section 15(x)(2) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 644(x)(2) scorecard described in section 868(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( 15 U.S.C. 644 scorecard (as defined in subsection (y)) (2) Section 3(6) of the PRICE Act of 2021 ( Public Law 117–88 41 U.S.C. 1101 (6) Scorecard The term scorecard .

Summary: Small Business Scorecard Enhancements Act of 2022 This bill revises the Small Business Administration annual scorecard assessment, which is used to evaluate whether each federal agency is meeting its goals for the award of prime contracts and subcontracts to small business concerns. Specifically, the bill requires the scorecard for each federal agency to include the number and total dollar amount of awards made to (1) small businesses owned by women, (2) qualified HUBZone small businesses, (3) small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans, and (4) socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses.