,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ai1 #bjac     
,mrs4 ,lummis 7for herself and ,ms4     
,tsongas7 introduced the following bill2
 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 goals4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,small ,business ,fairness ,act of      
#bjac4  #b4 ,teaming arrangements and   
agency contracting goals ,section       
#ae7;g7 of the ,small ,business ,act    
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fdd7;g77 is amended by  
adding at the end the following3  7#c7  
,teaming arrangements and agency        
contracting goals  7,a7 ,definitions ,in
 this paragraph--  7i7 the term covered 
small business concern means--  7,i7 a  
small business concern owned and        
controlled by service-disabled veterans2
  7,,ii7 a small business concern owned 
and controlled by socially and          

economically disadvantaged individuals1 
as defined in section #h7;d77#c77;,c72  
7,,iii7 a small business concern owned  
and controlled by women1 as defined in  
section #h7;d77#c77;,d72 or  7,,iv7 a   
qualified ,h,u,b,zone small business    
concern2 and  7ii7 the term teaming     
arrangement entity means a prime        
contractor under a contractor team      
arrangement1 as defined in section      
#i4fja of the ,federal ,acquisition     
,regulation4  7,b7 ,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 agency1 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 7#b74  4