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119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7076 
To require the Secretary of Defense to report on certain contracts and 
awards to small business concerns, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 14, 2026 
Ms. SCHOLTEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Defense to report on certain 
contracts and awards to 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. STUDY ON CERTAIN CONTRACTS AND AWARDS 
TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense, 
acting through the Office of Small Business Programs, 
shall carry out a study to review contracts awarded with 
a value at or below the simplified acquisition threshold (as 
defined in section 3015 of title 10, United States Code) 
to determine if the Department of Defense is ensuring full 
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consideration and application of requirements relating to 
small business concerns (as defined in section 3 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee 
on Small Business of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 
of the Senate a report on the results of the study required 
by this section. Such report shall include— 
(1) the total dollar amount of contracts award-
ed with a value at or below the simplified acquisition 
threshold during the five-year period preceding the 
date of the report, including the percentage of such 
contracts and the aggregate dollar amount of such 
contracts awarded to small business concerns; 
(2) an overview of the types of contracts with 
a value at or below the simplified acquisition thresh-
old, and description of the products or services, that 
were not awarded to small business concerns; 
(3) an overview of the reasons why a contract 
with a value at or below the simplified acquisition 
threshold may not be set aside for small business 
concerns; 
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(4) any trends, themes, or patterns of contracts 
with a value at or below the simplified acquisition 
threshold that were awarded to entities that are not 
small business concerns when such a contract should 
have been subject to a requirement to be set aside 
for small business concerns; and 
(5) recommendations for changes to statute, 
regulation, policy, or guidance that would ensure full 
consideration and application of requirement to set 
aside contracts for small business concerns. 
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