Bill — H.R. 7988, SPUR Act (House, Union Calendar)
Summary
H.R. 7988, 118th Congress, 2d Session, would amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to new small business entrants in the scorecard program. It was introduced in the House of Representatives April 15, 2024 by Stauber (for himself and Perez) and referred to the Committee on Small Business. Section 1 gives the short title SPUR Act. Section 2 adds a scorecard measure for 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.
Summary drafted by a model from the document's text below and checked by script against that text before publication. It is a navigation aid, not a reading of what the document proves. Where AI is used
- Issuer
- Congressional materials
- Document type
- 406013 2024 06 11 House Passes Four Bipartisan Bills To Help America Att0
- Date
- 2024-06-11
- Case
- 406013 2024 06 11 House Passes Four Bipartisan Bills To Help America Att0
Cite this document
“Bill — H.R. 7988, SPUR Act (House, Union Calendar).”
Dated 2024-06-11. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2024-06-11-406013-2024-06-11-house-passes-four-bipartisan-bills-to-help-america-att0/
, SHA-256 51dba9b79895a4d6d49cce117c7f5d5af3a63eecc1dcf483878e5b5e17134519.Full text
G:\OFFICE\RAMSEYER\R18\RH\H7988_RH.XML H.L.C.
Union Calendar No.
118TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7988
[Report No. 118–]
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
APRIL --, 2024
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
g:\VHLC\041924\041924.028.xml
April 19, 2024 (1:54 p.m.)
VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:54 Apr 19, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 C:\USERS\MLOGGIE\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\H7988_RH.X
G:\OFFICE\RAMSEYER\R18\RH\H7988_RH.XML H.L.C.
2
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.
g:\VHLC\041924\041924.028.xml
April 19, 2024 (1:54 p.m.)
VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:54 Apr 19, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 C:\USERS\MLOGGIE\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\H7988_RH.X
G:\OFFICE\RAMSEYER\R18\RH\H7988_RH.XML H.L.C.
3
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.
9 644(y)) is amended—
10 (1) in paragraph (2)—
11 (A) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as
12 subparagraph (F); and
13 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (D)
14 the following new subparagraph:
15 ‘‘(E) The number of new small business
16 entrants, including new small business entrants
17 that are small business concerns owned and
18 controlled by service-disabled veterans, qualified
19 HUBZone small business concerns, small busi-
20 ness concerns owned and controlled by socially
21 and economically disadvantaged individuals, and
22 small business concerns owned and controlled
23 by women awarded prime contracts in each
24 North American Industry Classification System
25 code during the fiscal year, and a comparison
g:\VHLC\041924\041924.028.xml
April 19, 2024 (1:54 p.m.)
VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:54 Apr 19, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLOGGIE\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\H7988_RH.X
G:\OFFICE\RAMSEYER\R18\RH\H7988_RH.XML H.L.C.
4
1 to the number awarded prime contracts during
2 the prior fiscal year, if available.’’;
3 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘subpara-
4 graphs (B) through (E) of paragraph (2)’’ and in-
5 serting ‘‘subparagraphs (B) through (F) of para-
6 graph (2)’’; and
7 (3) by amending paragraph (6) to read as fol-
8 lows:
9 ‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
10 ‘‘(A) NEW SMALL BUSINESS ENTRANT.—
11 The term ‘new small business entrant’ means a
12 small business concern that—
13 ‘‘(i) has been awarded a prime con-
14 tract; and
15 ‘‘(ii) has not previously been awarded
16 a prime contract by the Federal Govern-
17 ment.
18 ‘‘(B) SCORECARD.—The term ‘scorecard’
19 means any summary using a rating system to
20 evaluate the efforts of a Federal agency to meet
21 goals established under subsection (g)(1)(B)
22 that—
23 ‘‘(i) includes the measures described
24 in paragraph (2); and
g:\VHLC\041924\041924.028.xml
April 19, 2024 (1:54 p.m.)
VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:54 Apr 19, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLOGGIE\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\H7988_RH.X
G:\OFFICE\RAMSEYER\R18\RH\H7988_RH.XML H.L.C.
5
1 ‘‘(ii) assigns a score to each Federal
2 agency evaluated.’’.
3 SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO.
4 No additional amounts are authorized to be appro-
5 priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made
6 by this Act.
g:\VHLC\041924\041924.028.xml
April 19, 2024 (1:54 p.m.)
VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:54 Apr 19, 2024 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLOGGIE\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\H7988_RH.X
File and source
- File
- 406013_2024-06-11_house-passes-four-bipartisan-bills-to-help-america_att0.pdf
- Size
- 40,042 bytes
- SHA-256
- 51dba9b79895a4d6d49cce117c7f5d5af3a63eecc1dcf483878e5b5e17134519
- Original
- No public link identified.