Parity for HUBZone Appeals Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3845
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-06-11
Policy area: Commerce
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Parity for HUBZone Appeals Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to authorize its Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) to decide all appeals from formal protest determinations in connection with the status of a HUBZone small business.</p> <p>A HUBZone small business is a small business in a historically underutilized business zone. Currently, HUBZone status appeals are the responsibility of the Office of Government Contracting and Business Development. The bill would place HUBZone status appeals within the purview of the OHA alongside other SBA programs such as the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business program and the Women-Owned Small Business program.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3845 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 11, 2021 Mrs. Radewagen (for herself, Ms. Houlahan , and Mr. Stauber ) 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 issue a rule authorizing the Office of Hearings and Appeals to decide appeals relating to the status of HUBZone business concerns, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Parity for HUBZone Appeals Act of 2021 . 2. Authority for the Office of Hearings and Appeals to decide appeals relating to qualified HUBZone small business concerns Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall issue a rule authorizing the Office of Hearings and Appeals of the Administration to decide all appeals from formal protest determinations in connection with the status of a concern as qualified HUBZone small business concern (as such term is defined in section 31(b) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 657a(b) ).