Small Business Contracting Fairness Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8079
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2022-06-15
Policy area: Commerce
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Small Business Contracting Fairness Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill removes the maximum annual revenue threshold that limits certain small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals from receiving funding under the disadvantaged business enterprise program. The program provides such small businesses the opportunity to compete for federally funded transportation contracts.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8079 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 15, 2022 Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself, Mr. San Nicolas , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. David Scott of Georgia , Ms. Bass , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Ms. Brown of Ohio , Mr. Carson , Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois , and Mr. Evans ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure , and in addition to the Committee on Small Business , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to remove the exclusion of certain small business concerns from the disadvantaged business enterprise program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Contracting Fairness Act of 2022 . 2. Disadvantaged business enterprises Section 11101(e)(2)(A) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( Public Law 117–58 ) is amended to read as follows: (A) Small business concern The term small business concern means a small business concern (as the term is used in section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632 )). .