I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1773 
To amend the Small Business Act to improve reporting on small business 
goals, achieve uniformity in procurement terminology, clarify the role 
of small business advocates, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2017 
Mr. CHABOT (for himself and Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to improve reporting on 
small business goals, achieve uniformity in procurement 
terminology, clarify the role of small business advocates, 
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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Clarity for America’s Small Contractors Act of 2017’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act are as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
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TITLE I—IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY AND CLARITY FOR SMALL 
BUSINESSES 
Sec. 101. Improving reporting on small business goals. 
Sec. 102. Uniformity in procurement terminology. 
TITLE II—CLARIFYING THE ROLES OF SMALL BUSINESS 
ADVOCATES 
Sec. 201. Responsibilities of commercial market representatives. 
Sec. 202. Responsibilities of business opportunity specialists. 
TITLE 
I—IMPROVING 
TRANS-
PARENCY AND CLARITY FOR 
SMALL BUSINESSES 
SEC. 101. IMPROVING REPORTING ON SMALL BUSINESS 
GOALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—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 
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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;’’; 
(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 
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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 
(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-
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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: 
‘‘(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 
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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: 
‘‘(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: 
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