Small Business Contracting Fairness Act

Bill: 118-s-3539
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2023-12-14
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Minority and disadvantaged businesses

Public contracts and procurement

Small business

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3539 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 14, 2023 Mr. Ossoff introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 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 . 2. Disadvantaged business enterprises Section 11101(e)(2)(A) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( Public Law 117–58 ; 135 Stat. 449) 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 )). .