To amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to review the number of contracts for new disadvantaged small business concerns at certain airports with Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-4453
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2016-02-03
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports

Congressional oversight

Government information and archives

Government studies and investigations

Minority and disadvantaged businesses

Public contracts and procurement

Small business

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to extend through FY2016 and periodically thereafter the requirement that the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation report annually to Congress on the number of new small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, including those owned by veterans, that participated in the programs and activities of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). </p> <p>The list of the top 25 and bottom 25 large and medium hub airports giving disadvantaged small business concerns opportunities to participate in FAA programs and activities, which each such report must contain, shall be drawn only from large and medium hub airports with a disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program.</p> <p>Beginning in FY2016, the FAA shall require airports to report annually on the number of new DBEs that were awarded a contract or concession. </p> <p>The FAA shall update annually DBE-connect (or any other successor online reporting system) to include information on the number of new DBE and Airport Concession DBEs awarded a contract or concession for the first time at large and medium hub airports with a DBE program.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4453 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 3, 2016 Ms. Moore introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to review the number of contracts for new disadvantaged small business concerns at certain airports with Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, and for other purposes.

1. Review of FAA programs of new disadvantaged small business concerns Section 140 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( 49 U.S.C. 47113 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1) by striking each of fiscal years 2013 through 2015 and inserting fiscal year 2016 and periodically thereafter ; and (B) in paragraph (3)(A) by striking a list and inserting from the large and medium hub airports in the United States that have a disadvantaged business enterprise program, a list ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (d) Assessment of efforts Each fiscal year the Inspector General shall assess the efforts of the Federal Aviation Administration in the last 6 months of the previous fiscal year to implement recommendations suggested in previous reports issued pursuant to this section. . 2. Annual tracking of certain new firms at airports with a disadvantaged business enterprise program (a) Number of DBEs Beginning in fiscal year 2016, and each year thereafter, the Administrator shall require airports to report on the number of new DBEs that were awarded a contract or concession during such fiscal year. (b) Training The Administrator shall provide training on an ongoing basis to airports that comply with subsection (a). (c) Reporting Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every year thereafter, the Administrator shall update DBE-connect or any other successor online reporting system to include information on the number of new DBE and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) that are awarded a contract or concession for the first time at large and medium hub airports with a DBE program. (d) Definitions In this section, the following definitions apply: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. (2) DBE (A) In general The term DBE means an enterprise described in subsection (a) that is certified in accordance with part 26 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. (B) New DBE The term, new DBE means a DBE that participated in a contract or concession agreement for the first time in the fiscal year under review. 3. Audits The Inspector General of the Department of Transportation shall conduct regular audits of the accuracy of the data on DBEs and participation contained in the online reporting database developed by DBE-connect or any similar or successor online reporting database developed by the Federal Aviation Administration.