Education for Contracting Personnel Improvement Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-4337
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2016-01-06
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Business education

Government information and archives

Military procurement, research, weapons development

Public contracts and procurement

Small Business Administration

Small business
Latest action: action_date: 2016-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-01-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Education for Contracting Personnel Improvement Act of 2016</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Small Business Act to require the Small Business Administration (SBA) at least annually to provide to the Defense Acquisition University, the Federal Acquisition Institute, the individual responsible for mandatory training and education of the acquisition workforce of each executive agency, small business development centers, and entities participating in the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program: </p> <ul> <li>a list of all changes made in the prior year to regulations promulgated by the SBA that affect federal acquisition, and by the Federal Acquisition Council that implement changes to the Act; and</li> <li>any materials the SBA has developed to explain, train, or assist federal agencies or departments or small businesses to comply with such regulations.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4337 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 6, 2016 Ms. Meng (for herself and Mr. Hanna ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide information on regulatory changes and regulatory compliance training materials to certain entities.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Education for Contracting Personnel Improvement Act of 2016 . 2. Requirement to provide information on regulatory changes and regulatory compliance training materials to certain entities Section 15 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 644 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (t) Regulatory changes and training materials Not less than annually, the Administrator shall provide to the Defense Acquisition University (established under section 1746 of title 10, United States Code), the Federal Acquisition Institute (established under section 1201 of title 41, United States Code), the individual responsible for mandatory training and education of the acquisition workforce of each agency (described under section 1703(f)(1)(C) of title 41, United States Code), small business development centers (as defined in section 21), and entities participating in the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program under chapter 142 of title 10, United States Code— (1) a list of all changes made in the prior year to regulations promulgated— (A) by the Administrator that affect Federal acquisition; and (B) by the Federal Acquisition Council that implement changes to this Act; and (2) any materials the Administrator has developed to explain, train, or assist Federal agencies or departments or small business concerns to comply with the regulations specified in paragraph (1). .