Title: Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2021
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2021
This bill increases the allowable award price for federal government contracts with certain small businesses, including socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses, small businesses owned and controlled by women, and small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3065 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3065

To amend the Small Business Act to modify the contracting authority for 
  sole source contracts for certain small business concerns, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2021

Ms. Salazar (for herself, Ms. Newman, Mr. Stauber, Mrs. Radewagen, and 
  Mr. Evans) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Small Business Act to modify the contracting authority for 
  sole source contracts for certain small business concerns, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding Contracting Opportunities 
for Small Businesses Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO CONTRACTING AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESS 
              CONCERNS.

    (a) Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Small Business 
Concerns.--Section 8(a)(1)(D)(i)(II) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 637(a)(1)(D)(i)(II)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$7,000,000'' and inserting 
        ``$10,000,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``$3,000,000'' and inserting 
        ``$8,000,000''.
    (b) Certain Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by 
Women.--Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (7)(B)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``$7,000,000'' and 
                inserting ``$10,000,000''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``$4,000,000'' and 
                inserting ``$8,000,000''; and
            (2) in paragraph (8)(B)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``$7,000,000'' and 
                inserting ``$10,000,000''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``$4,000,000'' and 
                inserting ``$8,000,000''.
    (c) Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concerns.--Section 
31(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a(c)(2)(A)(ii)) 
is amended--
            (1) in subclause (I), by striking ``$7,000,000'' and 
        inserting ``$10,000,000''; and
            (2) in subclause (II), by striking ``$3,000,000'' and 
        inserting ``$8,000,000''.
    (d) Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by Service-
Disabled Veterans.--Section 36(c)(2)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 657f) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``$7,000,000'' and 
        inserting ``$10,000,000''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$3,000,000'' and 
        inserting ``$8,000,000''.
    (e) Certain Veteran-Owned Concerns.--Section 8127(c) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``$5,000,000'' and inserting 
``the dollar thresholds under section 36(c)(2)(A) of the Small Business 
Act''.
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