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Union Calendar No. 390 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1481 
[Report No. 114–510] 
To amend the Small Business Act to strengthen the small business industrial 
base, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2015 
Mr. CHABOT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
APRIL 19, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 19, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to strengthen the small 
business industrial base, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Small Contractors Improve Competition Act of 2015’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Including subcontracting goals in agency responsibilities; reports. 
Sec. 3. Data quality improvement. 
Sec. 4. Notice and justification requirements for bundling or consolidation of con-
tract requirements. 
Sec. 5. Joint venturing and teaming. 
Sec. 6. Limitations on reverse auctions. 
Sec. 7. Revision to the nonmanufacturer rule. 
Sec. 8. Certification requirements for procurement center representatives. 
Sec. 9. Certification requirements for Business Opportunity Specialists. 
Sec. 10. Certification requirements for commercial market representatives. 
SEC. 2. INCLUDING SUBCONTRACTING GOALS IN AGENCY 
RESPONSIBILITIES; REPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1633(b) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 
112–239; 126 Stat. 2076; 15 U.S.C. 631 note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘assume responsibility for of the agency’s suc-
cess in achieving small business contracting goals and per-
centages’’ and inserting ‘‘assume responsibility for the agen-
cy’s success in achieving each of the small business prime 
contracting and subcontracting goals and percentages’’. 
(b) GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON ACCOUNTABILITY 
FOR SUBCONTRACTING.— 
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(1) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of the Small Contractors Improve 
Competition Act of 2015, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall begin a study, which shall be 
conducted for a period of 1 year, to assess whether the 
systems of an agency or department accurately record 
the data necessary to comply with any requirements 
related to subcontracting at any tier under the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.). 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date on which the study described in paragraph (1) 
is completed, the Comptroller General shall submit a 
report to the Committee on Small Business of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate 
on the results of such study. 
(c) GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON SIZE STATUS.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study— 
(A) to assess whether Federal agencies are 
accurately identifying the size status of business 
concerns awarded contracts in the Federal Pro-
curement Data System as small business con-
cerns; and 
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(B) to identify, to the extent practicable, the 
impact of incorrect size status designations on 
meeting the requirements related to goals in sub-
sections (g) and (h) of section 15 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644). 
(2) CONTENTS.—The study described in para-
graph (1) shall include— 
(A) a description of the procedures and 
processes of each Federal agency, including the 
roles of the individuals described in section 
1633(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 
126 10 Stat. 2076; 15 U.S.C. 631 note) and the 
training provided to the acquisition workforce of 
such agency (as described under section 1703 of 
title 41, United States Code); 
(B) a description of the extent to which such 
processes and procedures help ensure that busi-
ness concerns are assigned the most appropriate 
size status; 
(C) a description of the interactions among 
the Federal Procurement Data System, the Sys-
tem for Award Management (as described under 
subpart 4.11 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions) and comparable systems run by the Small 
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Business Administration and recommendations 
for improving each system to reduce errors in re-
porting size status; and 
(D) recommendations on how to improve 
the accuracy of the goaling reports required 
under section 15(h) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 644(h)). 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of the Small Contractors Improve 
Competition Act of 2015, the Comptroller General 
shall submit a report to the Committee on Small 
Business of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 
of the Senate containing the results of the study con-
ducted under paragraph (1). 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the fol-
lowing definitions shall apply: 
(A) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 
agency’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 3(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
632(b)). 
(B) FEDERAL
PROCUREMENT
DATA
SYS-
TEM.—The term ‘‘Federal Procurement Data 
System’’ means the system referred to in section 
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1122(a)(4)(A) of title 41, United States Code, or 
any successor system. 
(C) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 
such term under section 3 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
SEC. 3. DATA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 15(s) of the Small Business 
Act (15. U.S.C. 644(s)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (6); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than the first 
day of fiscal year 2017, the Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration shall implement the 
plan described in this subsection. 
‘‘(5) CERTIFICATION.—The Administrator shall 
annually provide to the Committee on Small Business 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate 
certification of the accuracy and completeness of data 
reported on bundled and consolidated contracts.’’. 
(b) GAO STUDY.— 
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(1) STUDY.—Not later than the first day of fiscal 
year 2018, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall initiate a study on the effectiveness of the 
plan described in section 15(s) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 644(s)) that shall assess whether con-
tracts were accurately labeled as bundled or consoli-
dated. 
(2) CONTRACTS EVALUATED.—For the purposes 
of conducting the study described in paragraph (1), 
the Comptroller General of the United States— 
(A) shall evaluate, for work in each of sec-
tors 23, 33, 54, and 56 (as defined by the North 
American Industry Classification System), not 
fewer than 100 contracts in each sector; 
(B) shall evaluate only those contracts— 
(i) awarded by an agency listed in sec-
tion 901(b) of title 31, United States Code; 
and 
(ii) that have a Base and Exercised 
Options Value, an Action Obligation, or a 
Base and All Options Value (as such terms 
are defined in the Federal procurement data 
system described in section 1122(a)(4)(A) of 
title 41, United States Code, or any suc-
cessor system); and 
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(C) shall not evaluate contracts that have 
used any set aside authority. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months after 
initiating the study required by paragraph (1), the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall report 
to the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Small Business 
and Entrepreneurship of the Senate on the results 
from such study and, if warranted, any recommenda-
tions on how to improve the quality of data reported 
on bundled and consolidated contracts. 
SEC. 4. NOTICE AND JUSTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR 
BUNDLING 
OR 
CONSOLIDATION 
OF 
CON-
TRACT REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) NOTICE OF CONTRACT CONSOLIDATION FOR AC-
QUISITION STRATEGIES.—Section 44(c)(2) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657q(c)(2)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) NOTICE.—Not later than 7 days after 
making a determination that an acquisition 
strategy involving a consolidation of contract re-
quirements is necessary and justified under sub-
paragraph (A), the senior procurement executive 
or Chief Acquisition Officer shall publish a no-
tice on a public website that such determination 
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has been made. Any solicitation for a procure-
ment related to the acquisition strategy may not 
be published earlier than 7 days after such notice 
is published. Along with the publication of the 
solicitation, the senior procurement executive or 
Chief Acquisition Officer shall publish a jus-
tification for the determination, which shall in-
clude the information in subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) of paragraph (1).’’. 
(b) NOTICE OF CONTRACT CONSOLIDATION FOR PRO-
CUREMENT STRATEGIES.—Section 15(e)(3) of such Act (15 
U.S.C. 644(e)(3)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) STRATEGY SPECIFICATIONS.—If the head of 
a contracting agency determines that an acquisition 
plan for a procurement involves a substantial bun-
dling of contract requirements, the head of a con-
tracting agency shall publish a notice on a public 
website that such determination has been made not 
later than 7 days after making such determination. 
Any solicitation for a procurement related to the ac-
quisition plan may not be published earlier than 7 
days after such notice is published. Along with the 
publication of the solicitation, the head of a con-
tracting agency shall publish a justification for the 
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determination, which shall include following informa-
tion: 
‘‘(A) The specific benefits anticipated to be 
derived from the bundling of contract require-
ments and a determination that such benefits 
justify the bundling. 
‘‘(B) An identification of any alternative 
contracting approaches that would involve a less-
er degree of bundling of contract requirements. 
‘‘(C) An assessment of— 
‘‘(i) the specific impediments to par-
ticipation by small business concerns as 
prime contractors that result from the bun-
dling of contract requirements; and 
‘‘(ii) the specific actions designed to 
maximize small business participation as 
subcontractors (including suppliers) at var-
ious tiers under the contract or contracts 
that are awarded to meet the require-
ments.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 44(c)(1) of 
such Act (15 U.S.C. 657q(c)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘Subject to paragraph (4), the head’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
head’’. 
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SEC. 5. JOINT VENTURING AND TEAMING. 
(a) JOINT VENTURE OFFERS FOR BUNDLED OR CON-
SOLIDATED CONTRACTS.—Section 15(e)(4) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(e)(4)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(4) CONTRACT TEAMING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a solici-
tation of offers for a bundled or consolidated con-
tract that is issued by the head of an agency, a 
small business concern may submit an offer that 
provides for use of a particular team of sub-
contractors or a joint venture of small business 
concerns for the performance of the contract. 
‘‘(B) EVALUATION OF OFFERS.—The head of 
the agency shall evaluate the offer of a team or 
a joint venture of small business concerns in the 
same manner as other offers, with due consider-
ation to the capabilities of all of the proposed 
subcontractors or members of the joint venture as 
follows: 
‘‘(i) TEAMS.—When evaluating an 
offer of a small business prime contractor 
whose offer includes a proposed team of 
small business subcontractors, the head of 
the agency shall consider the capabilities 
and past performance of each first tier sub-
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contractor that is part of the team as the 
capabilities and past performance of the 
team. 
‘‘(ii) JOINT VENTURES.—When evalu-
ating an offer of a joint venture of small 
business concerns, if the joint venture does 
not have sufficient capabilities or past per-
formance to be considered for award of a 
contract opportunity, the head of the agency 
shall consider the capabilities and past per-
formance of each member of the joint ven-
ture as the capabilities past performance of 
the joint venture. 
‘‘(C) STATUS AS A SMALL BUSINESS CON-
CERN.—Participation of a small business con-
cern in a team or a joint venture under this 
paragraph shall not affect the status of that con-
cern as a small business concern with respect to 
the performance of a contract described in sub-
paragraph (A).’’. 
(b) TEAM AND JOINT VENTURES OFFERS FOR MUL-
TIPLE AWARD CONTRACTS.—Section 15(q)(1) of such Act 
(15 U.S.C. 644(q)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND
JOINT 
VENTURE’’ before ‘‘REQUIREMENTS’’; 
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(2) by striking ‘‘Each Federal agency’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal agency’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(B) TEAMS.—When evaluating an offer of 
a small business prime contractor whose offer in-
cludes a proposed team of small business sub-
contractors for any multiple award contract 
above the substantial bundling threshold of the 
Federal agency, the head of the agency shall con-
sider the capabilities and past performance of 
each first tier subcontractor that is part of the 
team as the capabilities and past performance of 
the offeror. 
‘‘(C) JOINT
VENTURES.—When evaluating 
an offer of a joint venture of small business con-
cerns for any multiple award contract above the 
substantial bundling threshold of the Federal 
agency, if the joint venture does not have suffi-
cient capabilities or past performance to be con-
sidered for award of a contract opportunity, the 
head of the agency shall consider the capabilities 
and past performance of each member of the 
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joint venture as the capabilities and past per-
formance of the joint venture. 
‘‘(D) USE OF SMALL BUSINESS TEAMS OR 
JOINT VENTURES.— 
‘‘(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—For 
contracts 
awarded under section 8(a), 8(m), 15(a), 
15(j), 31, or 36 to a small business team or 
a joint venture of small business concerns, 
the contracting officer shall certify annually 
to the Administration, for each year the 
contract is in effect, that each small busi-
ness concern member of such team or joint 
venture has the same status of a small busi-
ness concern, small business concern owned 
and controlled by service-disabled veterans, 
qualified HUBZone small business concern, 
small business concern owned and controlled 
by socially and economically disadvantaged 
individuals, or small business concern 
owned and controlled by women, as appli-
cable, that such concern had at the time the 
contract was awarded. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—The requirements of 
clause (i) shall not apply to a contract 
awarded to a joint venture of small business 
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concerns that is a protege under a mentor- 
protege program approved pursuant to sec-
tion 45.’’. 
(c) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this section, the Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration shall issue any regulations nec-
essary to carry out the amendments made by this section. 
SEC. 6. LIMITATIONS ON REVERSE AUCTIONS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that, when used appropriately, reverse auctions may im-
prove the Federal Government’s procurement of commer-
cially available commodities by increasing competition, re-
ducing prices, and improving opportunities for small busi-
nesses. 
(b) LIMITATIONS ON REVERSE AUCTIONS.—The Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 47 (15 U.S.C. 631 
note) as section 48; and 
(2) by inserting after section 46 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 47. LIMITATIONS ON REVERSE AUCTIONS. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION ON USING REVERSE AUCTIONS FOR 
COVERED CONTRACTS.—In the case of a covered contract 
described in subsection (c), reverse auction methods may not 
be used if the award of the contract is to be made under— 
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‘‘(1) section 8(a); 
‘‘(2) section 8(m); 
‘‘(3) section 15(a); 
‘‘(4) section 15(j); 
‘‘(5) section 31; or 
‘‘(6) section 36. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON USING REVERSE AUCTIONS.— 
In the case of the award of a contract to be made under 
paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a) that is not a 
covered contract, reverse auction methods may be used pur-
suant to the following requirements: 
‘‘(1) DECISIONS REGARDING USE OF A REVERSE 
AUCTION.—A contracting officer shall make the fol-
lowing decisions, which may not be delegated to any 
person except for another contracting officer who 
meets the training requirements of paragraph (2): 
‘‘(A) A decision to use reverse auction meth-
ods as part of the competition for award of a 
contract. 
‘‘(B) Any decision made after the decision 
described in subsection (A) regarding the appro-
priate evaluation criteria, the inclusion of ven-
dors, the acceptability of vendor submissions (in-
cluding decisions regarding timeliness), and the 
selection of the winner. 
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‘‘(2) TRAINING REQUIRED.—Only a contracting 
officer who has received training on the appropriate 
use and supervision of reverse auction methods of con-
tracting may supervise or use such methods in a pro-
curement for a contract. The training shall be pro-
vided by, or similar to the training provided by, the 
Defense Acquisition University as described in section 
824 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015 (Public Law 113–291). 
‘‘(3) NUMBER OF OFFERS; REVISIONS TO BIDS.— 
A Federal agency may not award a contract using a 
reverse auction method if only one offer is received or 
if offerors do not have the ability to submit revised 
bids with lower prices throughout the course of the 
auction. 
‘‘(4) TECHNICALLY
ACCEPTABLE
OFFERS.—A 
Federal agency awarding a contract using a reverse 
auction method shall evaluate the technical accept-
ability of offers only as technically acceptable or un-
acceptable. 
‘‘(5) USE OF PRICE RANKINGS.—A Federal agen-
cy may not award a contract using a reverse auction 
method if at any time during the award process the 
Federal agency misinforms an offeror about the price 
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ranking of the offeror’s last offer submitted in relation 
to offers submitted by other offerors. 
‘‘(6) USE OF THIRD-PARTY AGENTS.—If a Fed-
eral agency uses a third party agent to assist with the 
award of contracts using a reverse auction method, 
the Federal agency shall ensure that— 
‘‘(A) inherently governmental functions (as 
such term is used in section 2303 of title 41, 
United States Code) are not performed by pri-
vate contractors, including by the third party 
agent; 
‘‘(B) information on the past contract per-
formance of offerors created by the third party 
agent and shared with the Federal agency is col-
lected, maintained, and shared in compliance 
with section 1126 of title 41, United States Code; 
‘‘(C) information on whether an offeror is a 
responsible source (as defined in section 113 of 
title 41, United States Code) that is created by 
the third party agent and shared with the Fed-
eral agency is shared with the offeror and com-
plies with section 8(b)(7) of this Act; and 
‘‘(D) disputes between the third party agent 
and an offeror may not be used to justify a de-
termination that an offeror is not a responsible 
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source (as defined in section 113 of title 41, 
United States Code) or to otherwise restrict the 
ability of an offeror to compete for the award of 
a contract or task or delivery order. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CONTRACTING
OFFICER.—The term ‘con-
tracting officer’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 2101(1) of title 41, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) COVERED
CONTRACT.—The term ‘covered 
contract’ means a contract— 
‘‘(A) for design and construction services; 
‘‘(B) for goods purchased to protect Federal 
employees, members of the Armed Forces, or ci-
vilians from bodily harm; or 
‘‘(C) for goods or services other than those 
goods or services described in subparagraph (A) 
or (B)— 
‘‘(i) to be awarded based on factors 
other than price and technical responsi-
bility; or 
‘‘(ii) if awarding the contract requires 
the contracting officer to conduct discus-
sions with the offerors about their offer. 
‘‘(3) DESIGN
AND
CONSTRUCTION
SERVICES.— 
The term ‘design and construction services’ means— 
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‘‘(A) site planning and landscape design; 
‘‘(B) architectural and interior design; 
‘‘(C) engineering system design; 
‘‘(D) performance of construction work for 
facility, infrastructure, and environmental res-
toration projects; 
‘‘(E) delivery and supply of construction 
materials to construction sites; 
‘‘(F) construction, alteration, or repair, in-
cluding painting and decorating, of public build-
ings and public works; and 
‘‘(G) architectural and engineering services 
as defined in section 1102 of title 40, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(4) REVERSE AUCTION.—The term ‘reverse auc-
tion’ means, with respect to procurement by an agen-
cy, an auction between a group of offerors who com-
pete against each other by submitting offers for a con-
tract or task or delivery order with the ability to sub-
mit revised offers with lower prices throughout the 
course of the auction.’’. 
SEC. 7. REVISION TO THE NONMANUFACTURER RULE. 
(a) PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS.—Section 8(a)(17) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17)) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘any pro-
curement contract’’ and all that follows through ‘‘sec-
tion 15’’ and inserting ‘‘any procurement contract, 
which contract has as its principal purpose the sup-
ply of a product to be let pursuant to this subsection 
or subsection (m), or section 15(a), 31, or 36,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—This paragraph shall not 
apply to a contract that has as its principal purpose 
the acquisition of services or construction.’’. 
(b) SUBCONTRACTOR CONTRACTS.—Section 46(a)(4) of 
such Act (15 U.S.C. 657s(a)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘for 
supplies from a regular dealer in such supplies’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘which is principally for supplies from a regular dealer 
in such supplies, and which is not a contract principally 
for services or construction’’. 
(c) PUBLICATION OF CLASS WAIVERS.—The Adminis-
trator of the Small Business Administration shall publish 
a list of waivers to the requirements of section 8(a)(17) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17)) granted for 
a class of products as an appendix to section 121.406 of 
title 13, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regu-
lation). 
(d) RULEMAKING.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Adminis-
trator of the Small Business Administration shall 
issue any rules necessary to carry out the amend-
ments made by this section. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
issuance of the rules required in paragraph (1), the 
Comptroller General shall— 
(A) review the compliance of the Small 
Business Administration with the application of 
the requirements of section 8(a)(17) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(17)); and 
(B) submit a report to the Committee on 
Small Business of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Small Business and En-
trepreneurship of the Senate with any rec-
ommendations on how to increase compliance 
with such requirements. 
SEC. 8. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PROCURE-
MENT CENTER REPRESENTATIVES. 
Section 15(l)(5)(A)(iii) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 644(l)(5)(A)(iii)) is amended by striking ‘‘except 
that’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting the following: ‘‘except that— 
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‘‘(I) any person serving in such a 
position on or before January 3, 2013, 
may continue to serve in that position 
for a period of 5 years beginning on 
such date without the required certifi-
cation; and 
‘‘(II) any person hired for such 
position after January 3, 2013, may 
have up to one calendar year from the 
date of employment to obtain the re-
quired certification.’’. 
SEC. 9. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR BUSINESS OP-
PORTUNITY SPECIALISTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 633) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(g) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR BUSINESS 
OPPORTUNITY
SPECIALISTS.—A Business Opportunity 
Specialist described under section 7(j)(10)(D) shall have a 
Level I Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (or 
any successor certification) or the equivalent Department 
of Defense certification, except that— 
‘‘(1) a Business Opportunity Specialist who was 
serving on or before January 3, 2013, may continue 
to serve as a Business Opportunity Specialist for a 
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period of 5 years beginning on such date without such 
a certification; and 
‘‘(2) any person hired as a Business Oppor-
tunity Specialist after January 3, 2013, may have up 
to one calendar year from the date of employment to 
obtain the required certification.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
7(j)(10)(D)(i) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 636(j)(10)(D)(i)) is 
amended by striking the second sentence. 
SEC. 10. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMER-
CIAL MARKET REPRESENTATIVES. 
Section 4 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 633), 
as amended by section 9 of this Act, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMER-
CIAL MARKET REPRESENTATIVES.—A commercial market 
representative referred to in section 15(q)(3) shall have a 
Level I Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (or 
any successor certification) or the equivalent Department 
of Defense certification, except that— 
‘‘(1) a commercial market representative who 
was serving on or before the date of enactment of the 
Small Contractors Improve Competition Act of 2015 
may continue to serve as a commercial market rep-
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resentative for a period of 5 years beginning on such 
date without such a certification; and 
‘‘(2) any person hired as a commercial market 
representative after the date of enactment of the Small 
Contractors Improve Competition Act of 2015 may 
have up to one calendar year from the date of employ-
ment to obtain the required certification.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 390 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1481 
[Report No. 114–510] 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to strengthen the 
small business industrial base, and for other pur-
poses. 
APRIL 19, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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