To Amend the Small Business Act to Require a Report on Small Business Concern Participation (119th Congress)
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Bill text for the 119th Congress, 2d Session, in the House of Representatives, to amend the Small Business Act to require a report on small business concern participation in covered contracting programs, with the bill number and sponsor left blank and a timestamp of April 29, 2026. It would amend Section 10(c) of the Small Business Act so that the Administrator submits the report with the budget of the President for each fiscal year. The report would count certified firms and applications and, for service-disabled veteran-owned, women-owned and HUBZone certifications, give the numbers certified, denied and pending and the average time to a determination. Covered contracting programs are defined as assistance under Sections 8(a), 8(m), 31 and 36.
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- Congressional materials
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- 407452 2026 05 21 House Committee On Small Business Reports Nine Bil Att0
- Date
- 2026-05-21
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- 407452 2026 05 21 House Committee On Small Business Reports Nine Bil Att0
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“To Amend the Small Business Act to Require a Report on Small Business Concern Participation (119th Congress).”
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(Original Signature of Member)
H. R. ll
119TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
To amend the Small Business Act to require a report on small business
concern participation in a covered contracting programs, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Ml. llllll introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on llllllllllllll
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to require a report on
small business concern participation in a covered con-
tracting programs, 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 ‘‘Oversight and Trans-
5 parency for Small Business Certifications Act of 2026’’.
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1 SEC. 2. REPORT ON SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN PARTICI-
2 PATION IN A COVERED CONTRACTING PRO-
3 GRAMS.
4 Section 10(c) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
5 639(c)) is amended to read as follows:
6 ‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION REPORTS.—
7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Along with the submission
8 to Congress of the budget of the President for each
9 fiscal year pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31,
10 United States Code, the Administrator shall submit
11 a report on small business concern participation in
12 a covered contracting program during the year cov-
13 ered by the report that includes the following:
14 ‘‘(A) The total number of unique small
15 business concerns certified for participation in a
16 covered contracting program.
17 ‘‘(B) With respect to applications of small
18 business concerns for participation in a covered
19 contracting program—
20 ‘‘(i) the total number of applications
21 for participation that have sufficient infor-
22 mation for the Administrator to issue a
23 certification determination, disaggregated
24 by—
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1 ‘‘(I) the number of applications
2 certified for each covered contracting
3 program; and
4 ‘‘(II) the number of applications
5 for which a determination has not
6 been made for any covered contracting
7 program;
8 ‘‘(ii) the number of applications for
9 certification for two or more covered con-
10 tracting programs and the percentage of
11 total applicants that received two or more
12 certifications;
13 ‘‘(iii) the number of applications re-
14 ceived through the single, unified platform
15 established by the Administrator for re-
16 ceipt of certification applications; and
17 ‘‘(iv) the number of small business
18 concerns certified for participation in a
19 covered contracting program for which
20 such certification documentation is contain
21 in a system other than the platform de-
22 scribed in clause (iii), disaggregated by
23 covered contracting program.
24 ‘‘(C) With respect to applications of small
25 business concerns for certification as a small
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1 business concern owned and controlled by serv-
2 ice-disabled veterans that have sufficient infor-
3 mation for the Administrator to issue a certifi-
4 cation determination—
5 ‘‘(i) the number of applications cer-
6 tified;
7 ‘‘(ii) the number of applications de-
8 nied; and
9 ‘‘(iii) the number of applications for
10 which a determination has not been made.
11 ‘‘(D) With respect to each application of a
12 small business concern for certification as a
13 small business concern owned and controlled by
14 service-disabled veterans, the timeframe be-
15 tween the date of submission of a completed ap-
16 plication and the issuance of a certification or
17 recertification determination, disaggregated
18 by—
19 ‘‘(i) the number, expressed as a per-
20 centage, of certification determinations
21 made within the timeframe established by
22 the Administration;
23 ‘‘(ii) the average time for a first-time
24 applicant to receive a certification deter-
25 mination; and
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1 ‘‘(iii) the average time for an appli-
2 cant that is a small business concern
3 owned and controlled by service-disabled
4 veterans to receive a recertification deter-
5 mination.
6 ‘‘(E) With respect to applications of small
7 business concerns for certification as a small
8 business concern owned and controlled by
9 women that have sufficient information for the
10 Administrator to issue a certification deter-
11 mination—
12 ‘‘(i) the number of applications cer-
13 tified;
14 ‘‘(ii) of the applications described in
15 clause (i), the number certified that are eli-
16 gible for award of a sole source contract
17 under section 8(m)(7);
18 ‘‘(iii) the number of applications cer-
19 tified that were processed by a national
20 certifying entity described in section
21 8(m)(2)(E);
22 ‘‘(iv) the number of applications de-
23 nied; and
24 ‘‘(v) the number of applications for
25 which a determination has not been made.
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1 ‘‘(F) Of the applications described in sub-
2 paragraph (E)(ii), the number of such applica-
3 tions that initially did not include sufficient in-
4 formation for the Administrator to issue a cer-
5 tification determination.
6 ‘‘(G) With respect to each application of a
7 small business concern for certification as a
8 small business concern owned and controlled by
9 women, the timeframe between the date of sub-
10 mission of a completed application and the
11 issuance of a certification or recertification de-
12 termination, disaggregated by—
13 ‘‘(i) the number, expressed as a per-
14 centage, of certification determinations
15 made within the timeframe established by
16 the Administration;
17 ‘‘(ii) the average time for a first-time
18 applicant to receive a certification deter-
19 mination;
20 ‘‘(iii) the average time for an appli-
21 cant that is a small business concern
22 owned and controlled by women to receive
23 a recertification determination; and
24 ‘‘(iv) the average time for an appli-
25 cant certified by a national certifying enti-
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1 ty to receive a determination from the Ad-
2 ministrator, disaggregated by initial certifi-
3 cation applications and recertification ap-
4 plications.
5 ‘‘(H) With respect to applications of small
6 business concerns for certification as a qualified
7 HUBZone small business concern that have
8 sufficient information for the Administrator to
9 issue a certification determination—
10 ‘‘(i) the number of applications cer-
11 tified;
12 ‘‘(ii) the number of applications de-
13 nied; and
14 ‘‘(iii) the number of applications for
15 which a determination has not been made.
16 ‘‘(I) With respect to each application of a
17 small business concern for certification as a
18 qualified HUBZone small business concern, the
19 timeframe between the date of submission of a
20 completed application and the issuance of a cer-
21 tification or recertification determination,
22 disaggregated by—
23 ‘‘(i) the number, expressed as a per-
24 centage, of certification determinations
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1 made within the timeframe established by
2 the Administration;
3 ‘‘(ii) the average time for a first-time
4 applicant to receive a certification deter-
5 mination; and
6 ‘‘(iii) the average time for an appli-
7 cant that is a qualified HUBZone small
8 business concern to receive a recertification
9 determination.
10 ‘‘(2) COVERED CONTRACTING PROGRAM DE-
11 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘covered con-
12 tracting program’ means contracting assistance pro-
13 vided by the Administrator under following:
14 ‘‘(A) Section 8(a).
15 ‘‘(B) Section 8(m).
16 ‘‘(C) Section 31.
17 ‘‘(D) Section 36.’’.
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