I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3850 
To amend the Small Business Act with respect to goals for procurement 
contracts awarded to small business concerns, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2012 
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri (for himself, Mr. OWENS, and Mr. SCHILLING) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 
Business, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act with respect to goals 
for procurement contracts awarded to 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 ‘‘Government Efficiency 
through Small Business Contracting Act of 2012’’. 
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SEC. 2. GOALS FOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS AWARDED 
TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 15(g) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)) is amended by striking the 
subsection enumerator and inserting the following: 
‘‘(g) 
GOALS
FOR
PROCUREMENT
CONTRACTS 
AWARDED TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.—’’. 
(b) GOVERNMENTWIDE GOALS.—Paragraph (1) of 
section 15(g) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) GOVERNMENTWIDE
GOALS.—The Presi-
dent shall annually establish Governmentwide goals 
for procurement contracts awarded to small business 
concerns, small business concerns owned and con-
trolled 
by 
service-disabled 
veterans, 
qualified 
HUBZone small business concerns, small business 
concerns owned and controlled by socially and eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals, and small busi-
ness concerns owned and controlled by women in ac-
cordance with the following: 
‘‘(A) The Governmentwide goal for partici-
pation by small business concerns shall be es-
tablished at not less than 25 percent of the 
total value of all prime contract awards for each 
fiscal year and 40 percent of the total value of 
all subcontract awards for each fiscal year. 
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‘‘(B) The Governmentwide goal for partici-
pation by small business concerns owned and 
controlled by service-disabled veterans shall be 
established at not less than 3 percent of the 
total value of all prime contract and at not less 
than 3 percent of the total value of all sub-
contract awards for each fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) The Governmentwide goal for partici-
pation by qualified HUBZone small business 
concerns shall be established at not less than 3 
percent of the total value of all prime contract 
and at not less than 3 percent of the total value 
of all subcontract awards for each fiscal year. 
‘‘(D) The Governmentwide goal for partici-
pation by small business concerns owned and 
controlled by socially and economically dis-
advantaged individuals shall be established at 
not less than 5 percent of the total value of all 
prime contract and at not less than 5 percent 
of the total value of all subcontract awards for 
each fiscal year. 
‘‘(E) The Governmentwide goal for partici-
pation by small business concerns owned and 
controlled by women shall be established at not 
less than 5 percent of the total value of all 
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prime contract and at not less than 5 percent 
of the total value of all subcontract awards for 
each fiscal year.’’. 
(c) AGENCY GOALS.—Paragraph (2) of section 15(g) 
of such Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) AGENCY GOALS.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The head of each 
Federal agency shall annually establish, for the 
agency that individual heads, goals for procure-
ment contracts awarded to small business con-
cerns, small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by service-disabled veterans, qualified 
HUBZone small business concerns, small busi-
ness concerns owned and controlled by socially 
and economically disadvantaged individuals, and 
small business concerns owned and controlled 
by women. 
‘‘(B) RELATIONSHIP
TO
GOVERNMENT-
WIDE GOALS.— 
‘‘(i) SCOPE.—The goals established by 
the head of a Federal agency under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be in the same format 
as the goals established by the President 
under paragraph (1) and shall address 
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both prime contract and subcontract 
awards. 
‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENT TO MEET OR EX-
CEED
GOVERNMENTWIDE
GOALS.—With 
respect to each goal for a fiscal year estab-
lished under subparagraph (A) for a cat-
egory of small business concern, the par-
ticipation percentage applicable to such 
goal may not be less than the participation 
percentage applicable to the Government-
wide goal for such fiscal year established 
under paragraph (1) for such category. 
‘‘(C) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—In establishing 
goals under subparagraph (A), the head of 
each Federal agency shall consult with the 
Administrator. 
‘‘(ii) DISAGREEMENTS.—If the Ad-
ministrator and the head of a Federal 
agency fail to agree on a goal established 
under subparagraph (A), the disagreement 
shall be submitted to the Administrator for 
Federal Procurement Policy for final deter-
mination. 
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