Bill — H.R. 7988, SPUR Act (House, April 15, 2024)
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H.R. 7988, 118th Congress, 2d Session, a bill to amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to new small business entrants in the scorecard program. The bill was introduced in the House of Representatives on April 15, 2024, by Mr. Stauber (for himself and Ms. Perez) and referred to the Committee on Small Business. It may be cited as the "SPUR Act." Section 2 amends the scorecard measures in section 15(y) of the Small Business Act to add the number of new small business entrants awarded prime contracts in each North American Industry Classification System code during the fiscal year, with a comparison to the prior fiscal year if available. Section 3 states that no additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Act.
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- 405949 2024 04 17 House Committee On Small Business Unanimously Repo Att3
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- 405949 2024 04 17 House Committee On Small Business Unanimously Repo Att3
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118TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7988
To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to new
small business entrants in the scorecard program, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 15, 2024
Mr. STAUBER (for himself and Ms. PEREZ) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Small Business
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements
relating to new small business entrants in the scorecard
program, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Pro-
5 curement and Utilization Reform Act of 2024’’ or the
6 ‘‘SPUR Act’’.
7 SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO SCORECARD REQUIREMENTS.
8 Section 15(y) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
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9 644(y)) is amended—
10 (1) in paragraph (2)—
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1 (A) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as
2 subparagraph (F); and
3 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (D)
4 the following new subparagraph:
5 ‘‘(E) The number of new small business
6 entrants, including new small business entrants
7 that are small business concerns owned and
8 controlled by service-disabled veterans, qualified
9 HUBZone small business concerns, small busi-
10 ness concerns owned and controlled by socially
11 and economically disadvantaged individuals, and
12 small business concerns owned and controlled
13 by women awarded prime contracts in each
14 North American Industry Classification System
15 code during the fiscal year, and a comparison
16 to the number awarded prime contracts during
17 the prior fiscal year, if available.’’;
18 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘subpara-
19 graphs (B) through (E) of paragraph (2)’’ and in-
20 serting ‘‘subparagraphs (B) through (F) of para-
21 graph (2)’’; and
22 (3) by amending paragraph (6) to read as fol-
23 lows:
24 ‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
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1 ‘‘(A) NEW SMALL BUSINESS ENTRANT.—
2 The term ‘new small business entrant’ means a
3 small business concern that—
4 ‘‘(i) has been awarded a prime con-
5 tract; and
6 ‘‘(ii) has not previously been awarded
7 a prime contract by the Federal Govern-
8 ment.
9 ‘‘(B) SCORECARD.—The term ‘scorecard’
10 means any summary using a rating system to
11 evaluate the efforts of a Federal agency to meet
12 goals established under subsection (g)(1)(B)
13 that—
14 ‘‘(i) includes the measures described
15 in paragraph (2); and
16 ‘‘(ii) assigns a score to each Federal
17 agency evaluated.’’.
18 SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO.
19 No additional amounts are authorized to be appro-
20 priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made
21 by this Act.
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