I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2452 
To amend the Small Business Act with respect to the procurement program 
for women-owned small business concerns, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2013 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. BARBER, Ms. CHU, Ms. 
CLARKE, and Ms. MENG) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act with respect to the pro-
curement program for women-owned 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 ‘‘Women’s Procurement 
Program Equalization Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
WOMEN’S 
PROCUREMENT 
PROGRAM 
EQUALI-
ZATION. 
Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
637(m)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2), so that subparagraph (E) 
reads as follows: 
‘‘(E) each of the concerns— 
‘‘(i) is certified by a Federal agency, 
a State government, or a national certi-
fying entity approved by the Adminis-
trator, as a small business concern owned 
and controlled by women; or 
‘‘(ii) is certified by the Administrator 
as a small business concern owned and 
controlled by women.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS FOR ECONOMI-
CALLY
DISADVANTAGED
WOMEN-OWNED
SMALL 
BUSINESSES.—In accordance with this section, a 
contracting officer may award a sole source contract 
to any small business concern meeting the require-
ments of section 8(m)(2)(A) of this Act if— 
‘‘(A) such concern is determined to be a 
responsible contract with respect to perform-
ance of such contract opportunity and the con-
tracting officer does not have a reasonable ex-
pectation that 2 or more businesses meeting the 
requirements of section 8(m)(2)(A) will submit 
offers; 
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‘‘(B) the anticipated award price of the 
contract (including options) will not exceed— 
‘‘(i) $6,500,000 in the case of a con-
tract opportunity assigned a standard in-
dustrial code for manufacturing; or 
‘‘(ii) $4,000,000 in the case of any 
other contract opportunity; and 
‘‘(C) in the estimation of the contracting 
officer, the contract award can be made at a 
fair and reasonable price. 
‘‘(8) SOLE
SOURCE
CONTRACTS
FOR
WOMEN 
OWNED
SMALL
BUSINESSES
IN
SUBSTANTIALLY 
UNDERREPRESENTED
INDUSTRIES.—In accordance 
with this section, a contracting officer may award a 
sole source contract to any small business concerns 
meeting the requirements of section 8(m)(3) of this 
Act if— 
‘‘(A) such concern is determined to be a 
responsible contract with respect to perform-
ance of such contract opportunity and the con-
tracting officer does not have a reasonable ex-
pectation that 2 or more businesses meeting the 
requirements of section 8(m)(3) will submit of-
fers; 
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‘‘(B) the anticipated award price of the 
contract (including options) will not exceed— 
‘‘(i) $6,500,000 in the case of a con-
tract opportunity assigned a standard in-
dustrial code for manufacturing; or 
‘‘(ii) $4,000,000 in the case of any 
other contract opportunity; and 
‘‘(C) in the estimation of the contracting 
officer, the contract award can be made at a 
fair and reasonable price.’’. 
SEC. 3. REPORTING ON GOALS FOR PROCUREMENT CON-
TRACTS AWARDED TO SMALL BUSINESS CON-
CERNS. 
Section 15(h)(2)(E)(viii) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 644) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(viii) small business concerns owned 
and controlled by women— 
‘‘(I) in the aggregate; 
‘‘(II) through competitions re-
stricted to small business concerns; 
‘‘(III) through competitions re-
stricted using the authority under sec-
tion 8(m)(2); 
‘‘(IV) through competitions re-
stricted using the authority under sec-
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tion 8(m)(2) and in which the waiver 
authority under section 8(m)(3) was 
used; 
‘‘(V) through sole source con-
tracts awarded using the authority 
under section 8(m)(7); 
‘‘(VI) through sole source con-
tracts awarded using the authority 
under section 8(m)(8) and in which 
the waiver authority under section 
8(m)(3) was used; 
‘‘(VII) by industry in which the 
contracts described in subclauses (III) 
through (VI) were awarded; and 
‘‘(VIII) 
through 
unrestricted 
competition; and’’. 
Æ 
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