Small Business Category Management Training Act

Bill: 116-hr-7533
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
Introduced: 2020-07-09
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Congressional oversight

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Public contracts and procurement

Small business
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Small Business Category Management Training Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Small Business Administration to develop a training curriculum on category management, including best practices for purchasing goods and services from small businesses, for the staff of federal agencies with procurement or acquisition responsibilities.</p> <p>Category management is a federal government approach to procurement and acquisition that aims to (1) deliver more savings, value, and efficiency for federal agencies; (2) eliminate contract redundancies; and (3) meet federal small business contracting and procurement goals.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7533 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 9, 2020 Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to develop a training curriculum on category management, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Category Management Training Act . 2. Category management training (a) In general Not later than 8 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, in coordination with the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy and any other head of a Federal agency as determined by the Administrator, shall develop a training curriculum on category management for staff of Federal agencies with procurement or acquisition responsibilities. Such training shall include— (1) best practices for purchasing goods and services from small business concerns (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632 )); and (2) information on avoiding conflicts with the requirements of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.). (b) Use of curriculum The Administrator of the Small Business Administration— (1) shall ensure that staff for Federal agencies described in subsection (a) receive the training described in such subsection; and (2) may request the assistance of the relevant Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (as described in section 15(k) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 644(k) )) to carry out the requirements of paragraph (1). (c) Submission to Congress The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall provide a copy of the training curriculum developed under subsection (a) to the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate. (d) Category management defined In this Act, the term category management has the meaning given by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.