,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bc1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,veasey introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,small ,business  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend  
the ,small ,business ,act to increase   
caps on sole source contract awards to  
certain small business concerns1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,small        
,contractor ,stability ,act of #bjbj4   
#b4 ,sole source contracts for certain  
small business concerns  7a7            
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term contracting officer has the       
meaning given the term in section       
#cf7;e7 of the ,small ,business ,act    
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #feg;f7e772  7#b7 the    
term economically disadvantaged         
women-owned small business has the      
meaning given the term in section       
#abg4ajb of title #ac1 ,code of ,federal
 ,regulations1 or any succcessor        
regulation2  7#c7 the term ,h,u,b,zone  

small business concern has the meaning  
given the term in section #ca7;b7 of the
 ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4   
#feg;a7b772  7#d7 the term ,,score means
 the ,service ,corps of ,retired        
,executives program established under   
section #h7;b77#a77;,b7 of the ,small   
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#fcg7;b77#a77;,b772  7#e7 the term small
 business concern owned and controlled  
by service-disabled veterans has the    
meaning given the term in section #c7q7 
of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae       
,u4,s4,c4 #fcb7q772 and  7#f7 the term  
small business concern owned and        
controlled by women has the meaning     
given the term in section #h7m7 of the  
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fcg7m774  7b7 ,temporary sole-,source  
award parity among contracting programs 
,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 with respect to a small     

business concern owned and controlled by
 women1 an economically disadvantaged   
women-owned small business1 a           
,h,u,b,zone small business concern1 or a
 small business concern owned and       
controlled by service-disabled veterans1
 a contracting officer may award a sole 
source contract to the small business   
concern if the anticipated award price  
of the contract will not exceed the     
maximum permissible amount for the      
contract1 as provided under the         
applicable provision of the ,small      
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fca et   
seq471 as amended by this subsection4   
7c7 ,increasing sole source caps  7#a7  
,qualified hubzone small business       
concerns ,section #ca7;c77#b77;,a77ii7  
of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae       
,u4,s4,c4 #feg;a7c77#b77;,a77ii77 is    
amended-- 7,a7 in subclause 7,i71 by    
striking #e1jjj1jjj and inserting       
#aj1jjj1jjj2 and  7,b7 in subclause     
7,,ii71 by striking #c1jjj1jjj and      
inserting #h1jjj1jjj4  7#b7 ,small      

business concerns owned and controlled  
by service-disabled veterans ,section   
#cf7;a77#b7 of the ,small ,business ,act
 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #feg;f7a77#b77 is       
amended-- 7,a7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by 
striking #e1jjj1jjj and inserting       
#aj1jjj1jjj2 and  7,b7 in subparagraph  
7,b71 by striking #c1jjj1jjj and        
inserting #h1jjj1jjj4  7#c7 ,small      
business concerns owned and controlled  
by socially and economically            
disadvantaged individuals ,section      
#h7;a77#a77;,d77i77,,ii7 of the ,small  
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#fcg7;a77#a77;,d77i77,,ii77 is amended--
 7,a7 by striking #e1jjj1jjj and        
inserting #aj1jjj1jjj2 and  7,b7 by     
striking #c1jjj1jjj and inserting       
#h1jjj1jjj4  7#d7 ,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 in paragraph          
7#g77;,b7-- 7i7 in clause 7i71 by       
striking #f1ejj1jjj and inserting       

#aj1jjj1jjj2 and  7ii7 in clause 7ii71  
by striking #d1jjj1jjj and inserting    
#h1jjj1jjj2 and  7,b7 in paragraph      
7#h77;,b7-- 7i7 in clause 7i71 by       
striking #f1ejj1jjj and inserting       
#aj1jjj1jjj2 and  7ii7 in clause 7ii71  
by striking #d1jjj1jjj and inserting    
#h1jjj1jjj4  7d7 #h7;a7 ,extension ,the 
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration shall allow a           
participant in the program established  
under section #h7;a7 of the ,small      
,business ,act on the date of enactment 
of this section to extend such          
participation by a period of #a year4