I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1693 
To amend the Small Business Act to add reporting requirements for certain 
small business concerns, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2017 
Ms. CLARKE of New York (for herself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to add reporting require-
ments for certain 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Contract 
Procurement for Small Businesses through More Accurate 
Reporting Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN SMALL 
BUSINESS CONCERNS. 
Section 15(h)(2)(E) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 644(h)(2)(E)) is amended— 
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(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 
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 
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(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 
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: 
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‘‘(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-
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 
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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 
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 
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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: 
‘‘(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 a Native Hawaiian Organization 
for purposes of the initial contract;’’; 
(7) in clause (vii)— 
(A) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in subclause (V), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
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(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 Alaska Native Corporation for 
purposes of the initial contract; and’’; 
and 
(8) in clause (viii)— 
(A) in subclause (VII), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subclause (VIII), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subclauses: 
‘‘(IX) 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 women for purposes 
of the initial contract; and 
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‘‘(X) 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 
socially and economically disadvan-
taged individuals, or a subset of any 
such concerns; and’’. 
Æ 
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