,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcde  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ah1 #bjai,mr4
 ,stauber 7for himself and ,mr4 ,golden7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on ,small
 ,business  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,small ,business ,act to clarify the    
intention of ,congress that the         
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration is subject to certain   
requirements with respect to            
establishing size standards for small   
business concerns1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,clarifying the     
,small ,business ,runway ,extension     
,act4  #b4 ,clarifying amendment to the 
,small ,business ,runway ,extension ,act
 of #bjah ,section #c7;a77#b77;,c7 of   
the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4
 #fcb7;a77#b77;,c77 is amended by       
inserting 7including the ,administration
 when acting pursuant to subparagraph   
7,a77 after no ,federal department or   

agency4  #c4 ,finalization of ,small    
,business ,runway ,extension ,act of    
#bjah rules ,the ,administrator of the  
,small ,business ,administration shall  
issue a final rule implementing the     
,small ,business ,runway ,extension ,act
 of #bjah 7,public ,law #aae-cbd7 not   
later than ,december #ag1 #bjai4  #d4   
,amendment to size standards for certain
 small business concerns  7a7 ,size     
standards for small business concerns   
providing services ,section             
#c7;a77#b77;,c77ii77,,ii7 of the ,small 
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#fcb7;a77#b77;,c77ii77,,ii77 is amended 
by striking not less than4  7b7 ,size   
standards for other business concerns   
,section #c7;a77#b77;,c77ii77,,iii7 of  
the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4
 #fcb7;a77#b77;,c77ii77,,iii77 is       
amended by striking not less than #c    
years and inserting #e years4  #e4      
,transition plan for the ,small         
,business ,runway ,extension ,act of    
#bjah  7a7 ,plan required ,not later    

than #ij days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration shall implement a       
transition plan to assist business      
concerns and ,federal agencies with     
compliance with the requirements of the 
,small ,business ,runway ,extension ,act
 of #bjah 7,public ,law #aae-cbd74  7b7 
#c-,year calculation for size standards 
7#a7 ,in general ,the transition plan   
described under subsection 7a7 shall    
include a requirement that1 during the  
period beginning on ,december #ag1      
#bjah1 and ending on the date that is #f
 months after the date on which the     
,administrator issues final rules       
implementing the ,small ,business       
,runway ,extension ,act of #bjah        
7,public ,law #aae-cbd71 allows the use 
of a #c-year calculation for a size     
standard to be applied to a business    
concern if the use of such #c-year      
calculation allows such concern to be   
considered a small business concern     

under section #c7;a77#a7 of the ,small  
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#fcb7;a77#a774  7#b7 #c-year calculation
 defined ,in this subsection1 the term  
#c-year calculation means-- 7,a7 with   
respect to a business concern providing 
services described under clause         
7ii77,,ii7 of such section1 a           
determination of the size of such       
concern on the basis of the annual      
average gross receipts of such concern  
over a period of #c years2 and  7,b7    
with respect to a business concern      
described under clause 7ii77,,iii7 of   
such section1 a determination of the    
size of such concern on the basis of    
data over a period of #c years4  #f4    
,requirement to update ,,sam ,not later 
than #ij days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,system for 
,award ,management 7or any successor    
system7 shall be updated to comply with 
the requirements of this ,act4