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Union Calendar No. 254
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2867
[Report No. 107–432]
To amend the Small Business Act to require the Administrator to submit
certain disagreements to the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget for resolution, and to establish a minimum period for the solicita-
tion of offers for a bundled contract.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 6, 2001
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. PASCRELL, Mrs.
CHRISTENSEN, Mr. BRADY
of Pennsylvania, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mrs.
NAPOLITANO, Mr. PHELPS, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. UDALL of New
Mexico, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. ROSS, Mr. LANGEVIN,
Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA´, and Mr. WYNN) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Small Business
MAY 2, 2002
Additional sponsors: Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. MANZULLO, and Mr.
CARSON of Oklahoma
MAY 2, 2002
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to require the Adminis-
trator to submit certain disagreements to the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget for resolution,
and to establish a minimum period for the solicitation
of offers for a bundled contract.
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 ‘‘Small Business Oppor-
tunity Enhancement Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN DISAGREEMENTS TO THE
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT
AND BUDGET.
Section 15(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
644(a)) is amended by striking the sentence beginning
‘‘Whenever the Administrator and the contracting pro-
curement agency fail to agree,’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Whenever the Administration and the contracting
procurement agency fail to agree, the Administrator shall
submit the matter to the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, who shall render his decision regarding
the matter not later than 10 days after receiving the mat-
ter. The Director may not delegate his duties under the
preceding sentence except to a subordinate official within
the Office of Management and Budget appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate.’’.
SEC. 3. MINIMUM PERIOD FOR SOLICITATION OF OFFERS
FOR A BUNDLED CONTRACT.
Section 15(e) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
644(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(5) MINIMUM SOLICITATION PERIOD.—In the
case of a solicitation of offers for a bundled contract
that is issued by the head of an agency, small busi-
ness concerns shall be allowed to submit offers for
a period of not less than 60 days beginning on the
date the solicitation is issued.’’.
Union Calendar No. 254
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2867
[Report No. 107–432]
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to require the
Administrator to submit certain disagreements to
the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget for resolution, and to establish a min-
imum period for the solicitation of offers for a
bundled contract.
MAY 2, 2002
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed