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Union Calendar No. 529 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4118 
[Report No. 112–726, Part I] 
To amend the Small Business Act to provide for increased small business 
participation in multiple award contracts, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2012 
Mr. CRITZ (for himself, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. CICILLINE, and Ms. HAHN) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small 
Business, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
DECEMBER 21, 2012 
Additional sponsors: Ms. CHU, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. PETERS, and Ms. CLARKE 
of New York 
DECEMBER 21, 2012 
Reported from the Committee on Small Business 
DECEMBER 21, 2012 
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform discharged; committed 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to provide for increased 
small business participation in multiple award 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 ‘‘Small Business Pro-
curement Improvement Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASING SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN 
MULTIPLE AWARD CONTRACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 15(r) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 644(r)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘may, at their discretion’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘shall, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, include small business concerns in 
multiple award contracts, as defined in section 3(v) 
of this Act, including’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘set’’ and in-
serting ‘‘setting’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘set’’ and inserting ‘‘set-
ting’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(4) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘reserve’’ and inserting 
‘‘reserving’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(5) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) making full use of the set-aside programs 
established in sections 8(a), 8(m), 31, and 36 of this 
Act and any other program under this Act that pro-
vides for set-asides of contracts for small busi-
nesses.’’. 
(b) AGENCY OUTREACH.—Section 15 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(s) AGENCY OUTREACH PROGRAM.—The Adminis-
trator, in consultation with the Administrator of the Office 
of Federal Procurement Policy and any agency that ob-
tains 5 percent of procurement requirements through a 
multiple award contract, shall carry out a program to in-
crease the participation of small business concerns in mul-
tiple award contracts, as defined in section 3(v) of this 
Act. Such program shall— 
‘‘(1) increase awareness among small business 
concerns regarding multiple award contracts; 
‘‘(2) provide small business concerns with edu-
cation and training on Federal agency procedures 
for the bid and award of multiple award contracting 
procedures; 
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‘‘(3) assist small business concerns with becom-
ing listed on multiple award contracts, including the 
Federal Supply Schedules of the General Services 
Administration; and 
‘‘(4) develop measures to track small business 
participation in multiple award contracts, including 
awards pursuant to those contracts.’’. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (v)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (5), and inserting after paragraph 
(1) the following: 
‘‘(2) a contract under the Federal Supply 
Schedule program of the General Services Adminis-
tration; 
‘‘(3) a multi-agency contract which is a con-
tract, or a task order or delivery order awarded pur-
suant to such a contract, established by one agency 
for use by Government agencies to obtain supplies, 
services, or both, in accordance with section 1535 of 
title 31, United States Code; 
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‘‘(4) a Government-wide acquisition contract 
which is a contract, task order contract, or delivery 
order contract for information technology established 
by one agency for Government-wide use pursuant to 
section 11302(e) of title 40, United States Code; 
and’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(dd) BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT.—In this 
Act, the term ‘blanket purchase agreement’ has the mean-
ing given such term in sections 13.303–01 and 13.303– 
2 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect 
on October 1, 2011). 
‘‘(ee) BASIC ORDERING AGREEMENT.—In this Act, 
the term ‘basic ordering agreement’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 16.703 of title 48, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on October 1, 2011).’’. 
SEC. 4. ENSURING SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN 
MULTIPLE AWARD CONTRACTS, MULTI-AGEN-
CY CONTRACTS, AND GOVERNMENT-WIDE AC-
QUISITION CONTRACTS. 
Section 15(g)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 644(g)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(g)(1) The President shall’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(g)(1)(A) The President shall’’; and 
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(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) The President shall annually estab-
lish Government-wide goals for the total dollar 
value of all task orders and delivery orders 
placed against multiple award contracts, blan-
ket purchase agreements, and basic ordering 
agreements awarded to small business concerns, 
small business concerns owned and controlled 
by service disabled veterans, qualified HUB-
Zone small business concerns, small business 
concerns owned and controlled by socially and 
economically disadvantaged individuals, and 
small business concerns owned and controlled 
by women.’’. 
SEC. 5. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SMALL BUSINESS RE-
SERVE. 
Section 15(j) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(j)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘$200,000’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) MULTIPLE
AWARD
CONTRACT
APPLICA-
BILITY.— 
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‘‘(A) This subsection applies to all task or 
delivery orders placed against multiple award 
contracts, including any contract under the 
Federal Supply Schedule program of the Gen-
eral Services Administration. 
‘‘(B) The Administrator, in consultation 
with the Administrator of General Services Ad-
ministration, shall within 120 days of the date 
of enactment of this Act, issue regulations re-
garding— 
‘‘(i) how the Administrator of the 
General Services Administration will en-
sure that the correct size standard is ap-
plied to each task order; 
‘‘(ii) how the Administrator of the 
General Services Administration will en-
sure that the non-manufacturer rule and 
limitation on subcontracting provisions are 
implemented at the task order level; and 
‘‘(iii) how the Administrator of the 
General Services Administration will en-
sure that its electronic ordering systems 
display the correct size information for 
small business concerns seeking the set 
aside of a task order.’’. 
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SEC. 6. SMALL BUSINESS REPRESENTATION ON THE FED-
ERAL ACQUISITION REGULATORY COUNCIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1302(b)(1) of title 41, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(E) the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration.’’. 
(b) DECIDING VOTE.—Section 1302 of such title is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) DECIDING VOTE.—In the case of an equal vote 
among council membership, the Administrator of the Of-
fice of Federal Procurement Policy will have the deciding 
vote.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 529 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4118 
[Report No. 112–726, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to provide for in-
creased small business participation in multiple 
award contracts, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 21, 2012 
Reported from the Committee on Small Business 
DECEMBER 21, 2012 
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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