,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcjg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ai1 #bjbj,ms4
 ,houlahan introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,small ,business  ,a      
,,bill  ,to provide contracting         
flexibility to small business concerns1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,easing ,disruption for ,america's      
,small ,contractor ,act of #bjbj4  #b4  
,small business contracting flexibility 
7a7 ,purpose ,the purpose of this       
section is to provide flexibility to    
small business ,federal suppliers and to
 the ,federal ,government to more       
quickly award contracting dollars to    
small business concerns in times of     
economic uncertainty and downturn       
related to ,,covid-#ai4  7b7 ,covered   
entity defined ,in this section1 the    
term covered entity means a small       
business concern that is a party to a   
contract with a ,federal agency and     

experiences an adverse impact to the    
operations of the small business concern
 as a result of ,,covid-#ai4  7c7       
,promotion of small business contracting
  7#a7 ,small business contracting      
relief ,notwithstanding any other       
provision of law or regulation1 during  
the period beginning on the date of     
enactment of this section and ending on 
,september #cj1 #bjba1 the head of the  
,federal agency with which a covered    
entity has a contract shall provide the 
covered entity with-- 7,a7 #ij          
additional days to carry out the        
responsibilities of the covered entity  
under the contract2 or  7,b7 an         
additional amount of time to carry out  
the responsibilities of the covered     
entity under the contract that the head 
of the ,federal agency determines to be 
appropriate after taking into           
consideration the severity of the       
adverse impact experienced by the       
covered entity4  7#b7 ,payment          
continuation ,if the performance of all 

or any part of the work of a ,federal   
goods or services contract in force and 
effect during the period beginning on   
the date of enactment of this section   
and ending on ,september #cj1 #bjba1 is 
unavoidably delayed or interrupted by   
the small business contractor employees'
 inability to access ,government        
facilities1 systems1 or other           
,government-provided resources due to   
restrictions related to ,,covid-#ai that
 have been imposed by any authority or  
due to orders or instructions issued by 
the contracting agency in response to   
,,covid-#ai1 the ,government shall pay  
the small business contractor1 upon the 
submission of the documentation required
 by the contract and according to the   
terms specified in the contract1 the    
prices stipulated in the contract for   
goods or services as if the small       
business contractor had rendered and the
 ,government accepted the goods or      
services4 ,contractor delivery schedules
 shall be revised and small business    

contractors shall be eligible for       
equitable adjustments based on the      
revised schedules4