I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6320 
To amend the Small Business Act to increase caps on sole source contract 
awards to certain small business concerns, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2020 
Mr. VEASEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to increase caps on sole 
source contract awards to certain small business con-
cerns, 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 ‘‘Small Contractor Sta-
bility Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS FOR CERTAIN SMALL 
BUSINESS CONCERNS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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(1) the term ‘‘contracting officer’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 36(e) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f(e)); 
(2) the term ‘‘economically disadvantaged 
women-owned small business’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 127.102 of title 13, Code 
of Federal Regulations, or any succcessor regulation; 
(3) the term ‘‘HUBZone small business con-
cern’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
31(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
657a(b)); 
(4) the term ‘‘SCORE’’ means the Service 
Corps of Retired Executives program established 
under section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)); 
(5) the term ‘‘small business concern owned 
and controlled by service-disabled veterans’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 3(q) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)); and 
(6) the term ‘‘small business concern owned 
and controlled by women’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 637(m)). 
(b) TEMPORARY
SOLE-SOURCE
AWARD
PARITY 
AMONG CONTRACTING PROGRAMS.—Notwithstanding any 
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other provision of law or regulation, during the period be-
ginning on the date of enactment of this section and end-
ing on September 30, 2021, with respect to a small busi-
ness concern owned and controlled by women, an economi-
cally disadvantaged women-owned small business, a 
HUBZone small business concern, or a small business 
concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, 
a contracting officer may award a sole source contract to 
the small business concern if the anticipated award price 
of the contract will not exceed the maximum permissible 
amount for the contract, as provided under the applicable 
provision of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et 
seq.), as amended by this subsection. 
(c) INCREASING SOLE SOURCE CAPS.— 
(1) QUALIFIED
HUBZONE
SMALL
BUSINESS 
CONCERNS.—Section 31(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a(c)(2)(A)(ii)) is 
amended— 
(A) 
in 
subclause 
(I), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’; 
and 
(B) 
in 
subclause 
(II), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$3,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$8,000,000’’. 
(2) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND 
CONTROLLED
BY
SERVICE-DISABLED
VETERANS.— 
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Section 36(a)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 657f(a)(2)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’; 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘$3,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$8,000,000’’. 
(3) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND 
CONTROLLED BY SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DIS-
ADVANTAGED
INDIVIDUALS.—Section 
8(a)(1)(D)(i)(II) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 637(a)(1)(D)(i)(II)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$8,000,000’’. 
(4) CERTAIN
SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERNS 
OWNED
AND
CONTROLLED
BY
WOMEN.—Section 
8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)) 
is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (7)(B)— 
(i) 
in 
clause 
(i), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$6,500,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 
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(ii) 
in 
clause 
(ii), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$4,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$8,000,000’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (8)(B)— 
(i) 
in 
clause 
(i), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$6,500,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$10,000,000’’; and 
(ii) 
in 
clause 
(ii), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$4,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$8,000,000’’. 
(d) 8(a) EXTENSION.—The Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration shall allow a participant 
in the program established under section 8(a) of the Small 
Business Act on the date of enactment of this section to 
extend such participation by a period of 1 year. 
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