,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbcb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #d1 #bjac ,mr4 
,graves of ,missouri 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,hanna1 ,mr4 ,peters of ,california1    
,mr4 ,hunter1 and ,mr4 ,collins of ,new 
,york7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,small ,business  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend  
the ,small ,business ,act to permit     
prime contractors covered by a          
subcontracting plan pertaining to a     
single contract with a ,federal agency  
to receive credit against such a plan   
for using small business subcontractors 
at any level of subcontracting1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,make ,every   
,small ,business ,count ,act of #bjac4  
#b4 ,credit for certain subcontractors  
7a7 ,in general ,section #h7;d7 of the  
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fcg7;d77 is amended by adding at the   
end the following3  7#af7 ,credit for   
certain subcontractor ,for purposes of  

determining whether or not a prime      
contractor has attained the percentage  
goals specified in paragraph 7#f7--     
7,a7 if the subcontracting goals pertain
 only to a single contract with the     
executive agency1 the prime contractor  
shall receive credit for small business 
concerns performing as first tier       
subcontractors or subcontractors at any 
tier pursuant to the subcontracting     
plans required under paragraph 7#f77;,d7
 in an amount equal to the dollar value 
of work awarded to such small business  
concerns2 and  7,b7 if the              
subcontracting goals pertain to more    
than one contract with one or more      
executive agencies1 or to one contract  
with more than one executive agency1 the
 prime contractor may only count first  
tier subcontractors that are small      
business concerns4  4  7b7 ,definitions 
pertaining to subcontracting ,section #c
 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae      
,u4,s4,c4 #fcb7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7dd7            

,definitions pertaining to              
subcontracting ,in this ,act3  7#a7     
,subcontract ,the term subcontract means
 a legally binding agreement between a  
contractor that is already under        
contract to another party to perform    
work1 and a third party1 hereinafter    
referred to as the subcontractor1 for   
the subcontractor to perform a part1 or 
all1 of the work that the contractor has
 undertaken4  7#b7 ,first tier          
subcontractor ,the term first tier      
subcontractor means a subcontractor who 
has a subcontract directly with the     
prime contractor4  7#c7 ,at any tier    
,the term at any tier means any         
subcontractor other than a subcontractor
 who is a first tier subcontractor4  4  
#c4 ,,gao ,study ,not later than #cfe   
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,comptroller ,general of the 
,united ,states shall submit to the     
,committee on ,small ,business of the   
,house of ,representatives and to the   
,committee on ,small ,business and      

,entrepreneurship of the ,senate a      
report studying the feasibility of using
 ,federal subcontracting reporting      
systems1 including the ,federal subaward
 reporting system required by section #b
 of the ,federal ,funding               
,accountability and ,transparency ,act  
of #bjjf and any electronic             
subcontracting reporting award system   
used by the ,small ,business            
,administration1 to attribute           
subcontractors to particular contracts  
in the case of contractors that have    
subcontracting plans under section      
#h7;d7 of the ,small ,business ,act that
 pertain to multiple contracts with     
executive agencies4