I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4326 
To amend the Small Business Act to expand the duties of the Office of 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2016 
Ms. ADAMS (for herself and Mr. HARDY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to expand the duties 
of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utili-
zation, 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 ‘‘Small and Disadvan-
taged Business Enhancement Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANDING DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF SMALL AND 
DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 15(k) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)), as amended by section 870 
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of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016 (Public Law 114–92), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘section 8, 15 or 44’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 8, 15, 31, 36, or 44’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘sections 8 and 15’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘sections 8, 15, 31, 
36, and 44’’; 
(3) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘section 
8(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8, 15, 31, or 36’’; 
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (15), (16), and 
(17) as paragraphs (16), (17), and (18), respec-
tively; 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(15) shall review purchases made by the agen-
cy greater than the micro-purchase threshold defined 
in section 1902(a) of title 41, United States Code, 
and less than the simplified acquisition threshold to 
ensure that the purchases have been made in compli-
ance with the provisions of this Act and have been 
properly recorded in the Federal Procurement Data 
System, if the method of payment is a purchase card 
issued by the Department of Defense pursuant to 
section 2784 of title 10, United States Code, or by 
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the head of an executive agency pursuant to section 
1909 of title 41, United States Code;’’; and 
(6) in paragraph (17) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) any failure of the agency to comply 
with section 8, 15, 31, or 36.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 3(m) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(m)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(m) SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD.—In 
this Act, the term ‘simplified acquisition threshold’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 134 of title 41, United 
States Code.’’. 
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