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Union Calendar No. 302 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4094 
[Report No. 113–410] 
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to develop 
and implement a plan to improve the quality of data reported on bundled 
and consolidated contracts, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2014 
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Small Business 
APRIL 9, 2014 
Additional sponsors: Ms. CHU, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. HANNA, Ms. MENG, Mr. 
MULVANEY, and Mr. MURPHY of Florida 
APRIL 9, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 26, 2014] 
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A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to develop and implement a plan to improve 
the quality of data reported on bundled and consolidated 
contracts, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Contracting Data and 
Bundling Accountability Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. PLAN FOR IMPROVING DATA ON BUNDLED AND 
CONSOLIDATED CONTRACTS. 
Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(s) DATA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the first day 
of fiscal year 2016, the Administrator of the Small 
Business Administration, in consultation with the 
Small Business Procurement Advisory Council, the 
Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement 
Policy, and the Administrator of the General Services 
Administration shall develop a plan to improve the 
quality of data reported on bundled and consolidated 
contracts in the Federal procurement data system. 
‘‘(2) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The plan shall— 
‘‘(A) describe the roles and responsibilities 
of the Administrator of the Small Business Ad-
ministration, the Directors of the Offices of 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 
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the Small Business Procurement Advisory Coun-
cil, the Administrator of the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy, the Administrator of the 
General Services Administration, the senior pro-
curement executives, and Chief Acquisition Offi-
cers in implementing the plan described in para-
graph (1) and contributing to the annual report 
required by subsection (p)(4); 
‘‘(B) make necessary changes to policies and 
procedures on proper identification and mitiga-
tion of contract bundling and consolidation, and 
to training procedures of relevant personnel on 
proper identification and mitigation of contract 
bundling and consolidation; 
‘‘(C) establish consequences for failure to 
properly identify contracts as bundled or consoli-
dated; 
‘‘(D) establish requirements for periodic and 
statistically valid data verification and valida-
tion; and 
‘‘(E) assign clear data verification respon-
sibilities. 
‘‘(3) COMMITTEE BRIEFING.—Once finalized and 
by not later than 90 days prior to implementation, 
the plan described in this subsection shall be presented 
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to the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Small Business 
and Entrepreneurship of the Senate. 
‘‘(4) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than the first 
day of fiscal year 2017, the Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration shall implement the 
plan described in this subsection. 
‘‘(5) CERTIFICATION.—The Administrator shall 
annually provide to the Committee on Small Business 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate 
certification of the accuracy and completeness of data 
reported on bundled and consolidated contracts. 
‘‘(6) GAO STUDY AND REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) STUDY.—Not later than the first day 
of fiscal year 2018, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall initiate a study on the 
effectiveness of the plan described in this sub-
section that shall assess whether contracts were 
accurately labeled as bundled or consolidated. 
‘‘(B) CONTRACTS
EVALUATED.—For the 
purposes of conducting the study described in 
subparagraph (A), the Comptroller General of 
the United States— 
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to improve the quality of data reported on bun-
dled and consolidated contracts. 
‘‘(7) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection the fol-
lowing definitions shall apply: 
‘‘(A) CHIEF ACQUISITION OFFICER; SENIOR 
PROCUREMENT
EXECUTIVE.—The terms ‘Chief 
Acquisition Officer’ and ‘senior procurement ex-
ecutive’ have the meanings given such terms in 
section 44 of this Act. 
‘‘(B) FEDERAL
PROCUREMENT
DATA
SYS-
TEM DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘Base and Exer-
cised Options Value’, ‘Action Obligation’, ‘Base 
and All Options Value’, and ‘set aside authority’ 
have the meanings given such terms by the Ad-
ministrator for Federal Procurement Policy in 
the Federal procurement data system on October 
1, 2013, or subsequent equivalent terms.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 302 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4094 
[Report No. 113–410] 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration to develop and implement a plan 
to improve the quality of data reported on bun-
dled and consolidated contracts, and for other 
purposes. 
APRIL 9, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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