,i #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #bdeb ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,june #bj1 #bjac ,ms4 ,velzquez 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4 ,barber1 ,ms4 ,chu1 ,ms4 ,clarke1 and ,ms4 ,meng7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,small ,business ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,small ,business ,act with respect to the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,women's ,procurement ,program ,equalization ,act of #bjac4 #b4 ,women's ,procurement ,program ,equalization ,section #h7m7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcg7m77 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#b71 so that subparagraph 7,e7 reads as follows3 7,e7 each of the concerns-- 7i7 is certified by a ,federal agency1 a ,state government1 or a national certifying entity approved by the ,administrator1 as a small business concern owned and controlled by women2 or 7ii7 is certified by the ,administrator as a small business concern owned and controlled by women4 2 and 7#b7 by adding at the end the following3 7#g7 ,sole source contracts for economically disadvantaged women-owned small businesses ,in accordance with this section1 a contracting officer may award a sole source contract to any small business concern meeting the requirements of section #h7m77#b77;,a7 of this ,act if-- 7,a7 such concern is determined to be a responsible contract with respect to performance of such contract opportunity and the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that #b or more businesses meeting the requirements of section #h7m77#b77;,a7 will submit offers2 7,b7 the anticipated award price of the contract 7including options7 will not exceed-- 7i7 #f1ejj1jjj in the case of a contract opportunity assigned a standard industrial code for manufacturing2 or 7ii7 #d1jjj1jjj in the case of any other contract opportunity2 and 7,c7 in the estimation of the contracting officer1 the contract award can be made at a fair and reasonable price4 7#h7 ,sole source contracts for women owned small businesses in substantially underrepresented industries ,in accordance with this section1 a contracting officer may award a sole source contract to any small business concerns meeting the requirements of section #h7m77#c7 of this ,act if-- 7,a7 such concern is determined to be a responsible contract with respect to performance of such contract opportunity and the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that #b or more businesses meeting the requirements of section #h7m77#c7 will submit offers2 7,b7 the anticipated award price of the contract 7including options7 will not exceed-- 7i7 #f1ejj1jjj in the case of a contract opportunity assigned a standard industrial code for manufacturing2 or 7ii7 #d1jjj1jjj in the case of any other contract opportunity2 and 7,c7 in the estimation of the contracting officer1 the contract award can be made at a fair and reasonable price4 4 #c4 ,reporting on goals for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns ,section #ae7;h77#b77;,e77viii7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fdd7 is amended to read as follows3 7viii7 small business concerns owned and controlled by women-- 7,i7 in the aggregate2 7,,ii7 through competitions restricted to small business concerns2 7,,iii7 through competitions restricted using the authority under section #h7m77#b72 7,,iv7 through competitions restricted using the authority under section #h7m77#b7 and in which the waiver authority under section #h7m77#c7 was used2 7,v7 through sole source contracts awarded using the authority under section #h7m77#g72 7,,vi7 through sole source contracts awarded using the authority under section #h7m77#h7 and in which the waiver authority under section #h7m77#c7 was used2 7,,vii7 by industry in which the contracts described in subclauses 7,,iii7 through 7,,vi7 were awarded2 and 7,,viii7 through unrestricted competition2 and 4