H.R. 2441 — Introduced in House

I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2441 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 19, 2013 Mrs. Lummis (for herself and Ms. Tsongas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to permit agencies to count certain contracts toward contracting goals. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Fairness Act of 2013. 2. Teaming arrangements and agency contracting goals Section 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) Teaming arrangements and agency contracting goals (A) Definitions In this paragraph— (i) the term covered small business concern means— (I) a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans; (II) a small business concern owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, as defined in section 8(d)(3)(C); (III) a small business concern owned and controlled by women, as defined in section 8(d)(3)(D); or (IV) a qualified HUBZone small business concern; and (ii) the term teaming arrangement entity means a prime contractor under a contractor team arrangement, as defined in section 9.601 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (B) Contracting goals If a covered small business concern performs the obligations of a teaming arrangement entity under a contract between the teaming arrangement entity and a Federal agency, the head of the Federal agency may deem the contract to be a contract awarded to the covered small business concern for purposes of determining whether the Federal agency has met the goals established by the head of the Federal agency under paragraph (2). .