Open Government Technology Work to More Businesses Act

Bill: 113-hr-5154
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2014-07-17
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

General Services Administration

Government information and archives

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media

Licensing and registrations

Public contracts and procurement

Small Business Administration

Small business
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Open Government Technology Work to More Businesses Act - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to jointly make rules to: (1) streamline and simplify the registration system used by small businesses to be considered for an award of any federal contract, (2) establish procedures by which a small business may self-certify its eligibility for a federal contract under the Small Business Act, and (3) establish procedures by which a majority of small businesses may complete the registration process within four weeks after beginning it.</p> <p>Requires both Administrators to make the registration system available in a unified electronic format accessible through the Internet.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5154 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 17, 2014 Mr. Peters of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the Administrator of General Services to make rules to streamline and simplify the registration system used by small business concerns, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Open Government Technology Work to More Businesses Act . 2. Regulations for business registration system to be considered for Federal contract (a) Updating registration system Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the Administrator of General Services shall jointly make rules— (1) to streamline and simplify the registration system used by small business concerns to be considered for an award of any Federal contract; (2) that establish procedures by which a small business concern may self-certify its eligibility for a Federal contract under section 8 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637); and (3) that establish procedures by which a majority of small business concerns may complete the registration process not later than 4 weeks after beginning such process. (b) Unified electronic system Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the Administrator of General Services shall make the registration system described in subsection (a)(1) available in a unified electronic format accessible through the Internet.