#aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #aij ,,an ,,act ,to amend the ,small ,business ,act to eliminate the inclusion of option years in the award price for sole source contracts1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,expanding ,contracting ,opportunities for ,small ,businesses ,act of #bjai4 #b4 ,amendments to contracting authority for certain small business concerns 7a7 ,qualified ,h,u,b,zone small business concerns ,subparagraph 7,a7 of section #ca7;b77#b7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #feg;a7b77#b77 is amended to read as follows3 7,a7 ,sole source contracts ,a contracting officer may award sole source contracts under this section to any qualified ,h,u,b,zone small business concern1 if-- 7i7 the qualified ,h,u,b,zone small business concern is determined to be a responsible contractor with respect to performance of such contract opportunity2 7ii7 the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that two or more qualified ,h,u,b,zone small business concerns will submit offers for the contracting opportunity2 7iii7 the anticipated award price of the contract will not exceed-- 7,i7 #g1jjj1jjj1 in the case of a contract opportunity assigned a standard industrial classification code for manufacturing2 or 7,,ii7 #d1jjj1jjj1 in the case of all other contract opportunities2 and 7iv7 in the estimation of the contracting officer1 the contract award can be made at a fair and reasonable price4 4 7b7 ,small business concern owned and controlled by service-,disabled veterans ,subsection 7a7 of section #cf of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #feg;f7 is amended to read as follows3 7a7 ,sole ,source ,contracts ,in accordance with this section1 a contracting officer may award a sole source contract to any small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans if-- 7#a7 such concern is determined to be a responsible contractor with respect to performance of such contract opportunity2 7#b7 the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that two or more small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans will submit offers for the contracting opportunity2 7#c7 the anticipated award price of the contract will not exceed-- 7,a7 #g1jjj1jjj1 in the case of a contract opportunity assigned a standard industrial classification code for manufacturing2 or 7,b7 #d1jjj1jjj1 in the case of any other contract opportunity2 7#d7 in the estimation of the contracting officer1 the contract award can be made at a fair and reasonable price2 7#e7 the contracting officer has notified the ,administration of the intent to make such award and requested that the ,administration determine the concern's eligibility for award2 and 7#f7 the ,administration has determined that such concern is eligible for award4 4 7c7 ,certain small business concerns owned and controlled by women ,section #h7m7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcg7m77 is amended-- 7#a7 by amending paragraph 7#g7 to read as follows3 7#g7 ,authority for sole source contracts for economically disadvantaged small business concerns owned and controlled by women ,a contracting officer may award a sole source contract under this subsection to any small business concern owned and controlled by women described in paragraph 7#b77;,a7 and certified under paragraph 7#b77;,e7 if-- 7,a7 such concern is determined to be a responsible contractor with respect to performance of the contract opportunity2 7,b7 the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that two or more businesses described in paragraph 7#b77;,a7 will submit offers2 7,c7 the anticipated award price of the contract will not exceed-- 7i7 #g1jjj1jjj1 in the case of a contract opportunity assigned a standard industrial classification code for manufacturing2 or 7ii7 #d1jjj1jjj1 in the case of any other contract opportunity2 7,d7 in the estimation of the contracting officer1 the contract award can be made at a fair and reasonable price2 7,e7 the contracting officer has notified the ,administration of the intent to make such award and requested that the ,administration determine the concern's eligibility for award2 and 7,f7 the ,administration has determined that such concern is eligible for award4 2 and 7#b7 by amending paragraph 7#h7 to read as follows3 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 any small business concern owned and controlled by women certified under paragraph 7#b77;,e7 that is in an industry in which small business concerns owned and controlled by women are substantially underrepresented 7as determined by the ,administrator under paragraph 7#c77 if-- 7,a7 such concern is determined to be a responsible contractor with respect to performance of the contract opportunity2 7,b7 the contracting officer does not have a reasonable expectation that two or more businesses in an industry that has received a waiver under paragraph 7#c7 will submit offers2 7,c7 the anticipated award price of the contract will not exceed-- 7i7 #g1jjj1jjj1 in the case of a contract opportunity assigned a standard industrial classification code for manufacturing2 or 7ii7 #d1jjj1jjj1 in the case of any other contract opportunity2 7,d7 in the estimation of the contracting officer1 the contract award can be made at a fair and reasonable price2 7,e7 the contracting officer has notified the ,administration of the intent to make such award and requested that the ,administration determine the concern's eligibility for award2 and 7,f7 the ,administration has determined that such concern is eligible for award4 4 7d7 ,elimination of the inclusion of option years in the award price for contracts ,section #h of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcg7 is amended by striking 7including options7 each place such term appears4 #c4 ,,sba certification program notification 7a7 ,in general ,the ,administrator of the ,small ,business ,administration shall notify the ,committee on ,small ,business of the ,house of ,representatives and the ,committee on ,small ,business and ,entrepreneurship of the ,senate when the ,administrator has implemented each of the following3 7#a7 ,a program to certify small business concerns owned and controlled by women 7as defined in section #h7m7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcg7m7774 7#b7 ,a program to certify small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans 7as defined in section #c7q77#a7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb7q7774 7b7 ,additional notice ,the ,administrator of the ,small ,business ,administration shall submit a copy of a notification required under subsection 7a7 to the ,law ,revision ,counsel of the ,house of ,representatives so that the ,law ,revision ,counsel may execute the amendments required under section #d4 #d4 ,removal of eligibility determination upon implementation of certification programs ,effective upon the notification described under section #c1 the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fca et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in section #h7m7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#g7-- 7i7 in subparagraph 7,c71 by adding and at the end2 7ii7 in subparagraph 7,d71 by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period2 and 7iii7 by striking subparagraphs 7,e7 and 7,f72 and 7,b7 in paragraph 7#h7-- 7i7 in subparagraph 7,c71 by adding and at the end2 7ii7 in subparagraph 7,d71 by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period2 and 7iii7 by striking subparagraphs 7,e7 and 7,f72 and 7#b7 in section #cf7;a7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#c71 by adding and at the end2 7,b7 in paragraph 7#d71 by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period2 and 7,c7 by striking paragraphs 7#e7 and 7#f74 #e4 ,,gao ,report 7a7 ,study ,with respect to the procurement programs of the ,small ,business ,administration for small business concerns owned and controlled by women 7as defined in section #h7m7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcg7m777 and for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans 7as defined in section #c7q77#a7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb7q7771 the ,comptroller ,general of the ,united ,states shall conduct an evaluation of the policies and practices used by the ,administration and other ,federal agencies to provide assurances that contracting officers are properly classifying sole source awards under those programs in the ,federal ,procurement ,data ,system and that sole source contracts awarded under those programs are being awarded to eligible concerns4 7b7 ,report ,not later than #ah months after the ,small ,business ,administration implements the certification programs described under section #c1 the ,comptroller ,general shall issue a report to the ,committee on ,small ,business of the ,house of ,representatives and the ,committee on ,small ,business and ,entrepreneurship of the ,senate containing the findings made in carrying out the study required under subsection 7a74 7c7 ,,sba consideration of ,,gao report 7#a7 ,in general ,the ,administrator of the ,small ,business ,administration shall review the report issued under subsection 7b7 and take such actions as the ,administrator may determine appropriate to address any concerns raised in such report and any recommendations contained in such report4 7#b7 ,report to ,congress ,after the review described under paragraph 7#a71 the ,administrator shall issue a report to ,congress-- 7,a7 stating that no additional actions were necessary to address any concerns or recommendations contained in the report2 or 7,b7 describing the actions taken by the ,administrator to resolve such concerns or implement such recommendations4 ,passed the ,house of ,representatives ,january #af1 #bjai4;,clerk4