,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajfa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #d1       
#bjag,mr4 ,udall 7for himself and ,mr4  
,wyden7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,small ,business and     
,entrepreneurship  ,a ,,bill  ,to assure
 equity in contracting between the      
,federal ,government and small business 
concerns1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,assuring ,contracting ,equity ,act 
of #bjag4  #b4 ,federal contracting     
goals  7a7 ,increase in certain goals   
,section #ae7;g77#a77;,a7 of the ,small 
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#fdd7;g77#a77;,a77 is amended--  7#a7 in
 clause 7i71 by striking not less than  
#bc percent and inserting not less than 
#be percent2  7#b7 by striking not less 
than #e percent each place that term    
appears and inserting not less than #aj 
percent2 and  7#c7 by striking not less 
than #c percent each place that term    

appears and inserting not less than #f  
percent4  7b7 ,limitation on number of  
categories for which a small business   
may qualify ,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#d7 ,limitation on 
number of categories for which a small  
business may qualify  7,a7 ,definition  
,in this paragraph1 the term specified  
category means small business concerns1 
small business concerns owned and       
controlled by service-disabled veterans1
 qualified ,h,u,b,zone small business   
concerns1 small business concerns owned 
and controlled by socially and          
economically disadvantaged individuals1 
and small business concerns owned and   
controlled by women4  7,b7 ,limitation  
,except as provided in subparagraph     
7,c71 a ,federal agency may include a   
business concern in not more than #b    
specified categories for purposes of    
determining whether the ,federal agency 
has met the ,government-wide goals under

 this subsection for the award of       
contracts to business concerns in       
specified categories4  7,c7 ,rule of    
construction ,a ,federal agency may not 
include a small business concern that is
 participating in the program under     
section #h7;a7 in any specified category
 except the category small business     
concerns owned and controlled by        
socially and economically disadvantaged 
individuals for purposes of determining 
whether the ,federal agency has met the 
,government-wide goals under this       
subsection for the award of contracts to
 business concerns in specified         
categories4  4  #c4 ,improving          
transparency to assist small business   
concerns ,section #ae7;h77#b7 of the    
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fdd7;h77#b77 is amended-- 7#a7 in      
subparagraph 7,e77viii77,,viii71 by     
striking and at the end2  7#b7 in       
subparagraph 7,f71 by striking the      
period at the end and inserting 2 and2  
and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      

following3  7,g7 for the ,federal       
,government1 the percentage of          
participation by small business concerns
 for the total value of all prime       
contract awards and subcontract awards  
for a fiscal year1 including the value  
of each prime contract and subcontract  
awarded for the fiscal year4  4  #d4    
,compliance with small business         
subcontracting goals ,the ,administrator
 of the ,small ,business ,administration
 shall consult with the heads of other  
,federal agencies to develop and        
implement standards for procurement     
officers to take into consideration the 
past compliance of potential contractors
 with small business subcontracting     
goals when making contract awards4