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Union Calendar No. 453 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7988 
[Report No. 118–547] 
To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to new 
small business entrants in the scorecard program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2024 
Mr. STAUBER (for himself and Ms. PEREZ) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
JUNE 11, 2024 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
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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 ‘‘Small Business Pro-
curement and Utilization Reform Act of 2024’’ or the 
‘‘SPUR Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO SCORECARD REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 15(y) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(y)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 
subparagraph (F); and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) The number of new small business 
entrants, including new small business entrants 
that are small business concerns owned and 
controlled 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 awarded prime contracts in each 
North American Industry Classification System 
code during the fiscal year, and a comparison 
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to the number awarded prime contracts during 
the prior fiscal year, if available.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graphs (B) through (E) of paragraph (2)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subparagraphs (B) through (F) of para-
graph (2)’’; and 
(3) by amending paragraph (6) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) NEW SMALL BUSINESS ENTRANT.— 
The term ‘new small business entrant’ means a 
small business concern that— 
‘‘(i) has been awarded a prime con-
tract; and 
‘‘(ii) has not previously been awarded 
a prime contract by the Federal Govern-
ment. 
‘‘(B) SCORECARD.—The term ‘scorecard’ 
means any summary using a rating system to 
evaluate the efforts of a Federal agency to meet 
goals established under subsection (g)(1)(B) 
that— 
‘‘(i) includes the measures described 
in paragraph (2); and 
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‘‘(ii) assigns a score to each Federal 
agency evaluated.’’. 
SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. 
No additional amounts are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 
by this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 453 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7988 
[Report No. 118–547] 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to include re-
quirements relating to new small business en-
trants in the scorecard program, and for other 
purposes. 
JUNE 11, 2024 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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