117th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To amend the Small Business Act to modify the requirements relating to the evaluation of the subcontracting plans of certain offerors, and for other purposes.
May 10, 2022
Mr. Stauber (for himself and Mr. Mfume) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business
To amend the Small Business Act to modify the requirements relating to the evaluation of the subcontracting plans of certain offerors, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Businesses Act of 2022”.
SEC. 2. Evaluation of subcontracting plans.
Section 8(d)(4)(G) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(4)(G)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “bundled contract” and all that follows through “for subcontracting” and inserting “contract that includes a subcontracting plan required under this paragraph”; and
(2) in clause (i), by striking “the rate provided under the subcontracting plan for small business participation” and inserting “the description in the subcontracting plan of the extent to which the offeror proposes to use small business concerns as subcontractors (at any tier)”.