I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4330 
To amend the Small Business Act to add reporting requirements for certain 
small business concerns, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2016 
Ms. CLARKE of New York (for herself and Mr. CURBELO of Florida) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 
Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to add reporting require-
ments for certain small business concerns, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Contract 
Procurement for Small Businesses through More Accurate 
Reporting Act of 2016’’. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:25 Jan 07, 2016
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4330.IH
H4330
emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN SMALL 
BUSINESS CONCERNS. 
Section 15(h)(2)(E) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 644(h)(2)(E)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i)— 
(A) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subclauses: 
‘‘(V) that were purchased by an-
other entity after the initial contract 
was awarded and as a result of the 
purchase, would no longer be deemed 
to be small business concerns for pur-
poses of the initial contract; and 
‘‘(VI) that were awarded using a 
procurement method that restricted 
competition to small business concerns 
owned and controlled by service-dis-
abled veterans, qualified HUBZone 
small business concerns, small busi-
ness concerns owned and controlled by 
socially and economically disadvan-
taged individuals, small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by women, 
or a subset of any such concerns;’’; 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:25 Jan 07, 2016
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4330.IH
H4330
emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
(2) in clause (ii)— 
(A) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subclauses: 
‘‘(VI) that were purchased by an-
other entity after the initial contract 
was awarded and as a result of the 
purchase, would no longer be deemed 
to be small business concerns owned 
and controlled by service-disabled vet-
erans for purposes of the initial con-
tract; and 
‘‘(VII) that were awarded using a 
procurement method that restricted 
competition to qualified HUBZone 
small business concerns, small busi-
ness concerns owned and controlled by 
socially and economically disadvan-
taged individuals, small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by women, 
or a subset of any such concerns;’’; 
(3) in clause (iii)— 
(A) in subclause (V), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:25 Jan 07, 2016
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4330.IH
H4330
emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subclauses: 
‘‘(VII) that were purchased by 
another entity after the initial con-
tract was awarded and as a result of 
the purchase, would no longer be 
deemed to be qualified HUBZone 
small business concerns for purposes 
of the initial contract; and 
‘‘(VIII) that were awarded using 
a procurement method that restricted 
competition to small business concerns 
owned and controlled by service-dis-
abled veterans, small business con-
cerns owned and controlled by socially 
and economically disadvantaged indi-
viduals, 
small 
business 
concerns 
owned and controlled by women, or a 
subset of any such concerns;’’; 
(4) in clause (iv)— 
(A) in subclause (V), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subclauses: 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:25 Jan 07, 2016
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4330.IH
H4330
emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
‘‘(VII) that were purchased by 
another entity after the initial con-
tract was awarded and as a result of 
the purchase, would no longer be 
deemed to be small business concerns 
owned and controlled by socially and 
economically disadvantaged individ-
uals for purposes of the initial con-
tract; and 
‘‘(VIII) that were awarded using 
a procurement method that restricted 
competition to small business concerns 
owned and controlled by service-dis-
abled veterans, qualified HUBZone 
small business concerns, small busi-
ness concerns owned and controlled by 
women, or a subset of any such con-
cerns;’’; 
(5) in clause (v)— 
(A) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in subclause (V), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subclause: 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:25 Jan 07, 2016
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4330.IH
H4330
emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
‘‘(VI) that were purchased by an-
other entity after the initial contract 
was awarded and as a result of the 
purchase, would no longer be deemed 
to be small business concerns owned 
by an Indian tribe other than an Alas-
ka Native Corporation for purposes of 
the initial contract;’’; 
(6) in clause (vi)— 
(A) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in subclause (V), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subclause: 
‘‘(VI) that were purchased by an-
other entity after the initial contract 
was awarded and as a result of the 
purchase, would no longer be deemed 
to be small business concerns owned 
by a Native Hawaiian Organization 
for purposes of the initial contract;’’; 
(7) in clause (vii)— 
(A) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:25 Jan 07, 2016
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00006
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4330.IH
H4330
emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
(B) in subclause (V), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subclause: 
‘‘(VI) that were purchased by an-
other entity after the initial contract 
was awarded and as a result of the 
purchase, would no longer be deemed 
to be small business concerns owned 
by an Alaska Native Corporation for 
purposes of the initial contract; and’’; 
and 
(8) in clause (viii)— 
(A) in subclause (VII), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subclause (VIII), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subclauses: 
‘‘(IX) that were purchased by an-
other entity after the initial contract 
was awarded and as a result of the 
purchase, would no longer be deemed 
to be small business concerns owned 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:25 Jan 07, 2016
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00007
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H4330.IH
H4330
emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
and controlled by women for purposes 
of the initial contract; and 
‘‘(X) that were awarded using a 
procurement method that restricted 
competition to small business concerns 
owned and controlled by service-dis-
abled veterans, qualified HUBZone 
small business concerns, small busi-
ness concerns owned and controlled by 
socially and economically disadvan-
taged individuals, or a subset of any 
such concerns; and’’. 
Æ 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
02:25 Jan 07, 2016
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00008
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\H4330.IH
H4330
emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS