,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bdha  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ag1     
#bjad ,mrs4 ,shaheen 7for herself1 ,ms4 
,cantwell1 and ,mrs4 ,gillibrand7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,small ,business and      
,entrepreneurship  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend 
the ,small ,business ,act to provide    
authority for sole source contracts for 
certain small business concerns owned   
and controlled by women1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,women's ,small     
,business ,procurement ,parity ,act4    
#b4 ,sole source contracts for certain  
small business concerns owned and       
controlled by women  7a7  ,in general   
,section #h7m7 of the ,small ,business  
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcg7m77 is         
amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#b77;,c71  
by striking paragraph 7#c7 and inserting
 paragraph 7#d72  7#b7 in paragraph     
7#e71 by striking 7#b77;,f7 each place  

it appears and inserting 7#b77;,e72 and 
7#c7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#g7  ,authority for sole source      
contracts for economically disadvantaged
 small business concerns owned and      
controlled by women in underrepresented 
industries  ,a contracting officer may  
award a sole source contract under this 
subsection to a small business concern  
owned and controlled by women that meets
 the requirements under paragraph       
7#b77;,a7 if--  7,a7 the small business 
concern owned and controlled by women is
 in an industry in which small business 
concerns owned and controlled by women  
are underrepresented1 as determined by  
the ,administrator2  7,b7 the           
contracting officer determines that the 
small business concern owned and        
controlled by women is a responsible    
contractor with respect to performance  
of the contract opportunity2  7,c7 the  
anticipated award price of the contract1
 including options1 is not more than--  
7i7 #f1ejj1jjj1 in the case of a        

contract opportunity assigned a ,north  
,american ,industry ,classification     
,system code for manufacturing2 or  7ii7
 #d1jjj1jjj1 in the case of any other   
contract opportunity2 and  7,d7 in the  
estimation of the contracting officer1  
the contract award can be made at a fair
 and reasonable price4  7#h7  ,authority
 for sole source contracts for small    
business concerns owned and controlled  
by women in substantially               
underrepresented industries  ,a         
contracting officer may award a sole    
source contract under this subsection to
 a small business concern owned and     
controlled by women that meets the      
requirements under paragraph 7#b77;,e7  
if--  7,a7 the small business concern   
owned and controlled by women is in an  
industry in which small business        
concerns owned and controlled by women  
are substantially underrepresented1 as  
determined by the ,administrator2  7,b7 
the contracting officer determines that 
the small business concern owned and    

controlled by women is a responsible    
contractor with respect to performance  
of the contract opportunity2  7,c7 the  
anticipated award price of the contract1
 including options1 is not more than--  
7i7 #f1ejj1jjj1 in the case of a        
contract opportunity assigned a ,north  
,american ,industry ,classification     
,system code for manufacturing2 or  7ii7
 #d1jjj1jjj1 in the case of any other   
contract opportunity2 and  7,d7 in the  
estimation of the contracting officer1  
the contract award can be made at a fair
 and reasonable price4  4  7b7          
,reporting on goals for sole source     
contracts for small business concerns   
owned and controlled by women  ,section 
#ae7;h77#b77;,e77viii7 of the ,small    
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#fdd7;h77#b77;,e77viii77 is amended--   
7#a7 in subclause 7,,iv71 by striking   
and at the end2  7#b7 by redesignating  
subclause 7,v7 as subclause 7,,viii72   
and  7#c7 by inserting after subclause  
7,,iv7 the following3  7,v7 through sole

 source contracts awarded under section 
#h7m77#g72  7,,vi7 through sole source  
contracts awarded under section         
#h7m77#h72  7,,vii7 by industry for     
contracts described in subclause        
7,,iii71 7,,iv71 7,v71 or 7,,vi72 and  4
  7c7  ,deadline for report on          
underrepresented industries accelerated 
,section #bi7o77#b7 of the ,small       
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#fef7o77#b77 is amended--  7#a7 by      
striking #e years after the date of     
enactment of this subsection and        
inserting ,january #b1 #bjae2 and  7#b7 
by striking #e-year period and inserting
 #b-year or #e-year period1 as          
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