,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gcdb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #be1 #bjbj,mr4 
,crow 7for himself and ,mr4 ,balderson7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,small   
,business  ,a ,,bill  ,to require a     
report on accelerated payments to       
certain small business concerns1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,federal      
,small ,businesses ,contractor ,prompt  
,payment ,reporting ,act4  #b4 ,report  
on accelerated payments to certain small
 business concerns  7a7 ,report ,not    
later than #c months after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the head of 
each ,federal agency shall submit to    
,congress a report on the timeliness of 
payments made to a covered prime        
contractor4 ,such report shall include--
 7#a7 the date on which the ,federal    
agency began providing accelerated      
payments in accordance with section     
#bcjg7;a77#b7 of title #aj1 ,united     

,states ,code1 or paragraphs 7#aj7 and  
7#aa7 of section #cijc7;a7 of title #ca1
 ,united ,states ,code1 as applicable1  
to a covered prime contractor2  7#b7 of 
contracts to which such sections apply1 
the amount and percentage of covered    
contracts with accelerated payment terms
 in accordance with such sections2 and  
7#c7 whether and on what date the agency
 discontinued implementation of the     
,office of ,management and ,budget      
,circular ,m-#aa-cb titled ,accelerating
 ,payments to ,small ,businesses for    
,goods and ,services 7issued ,september 
#ad1 #bjaa74  7b7 ,definitions ,in this 
,act3 7#a7 ,covered prime contractor    
,the term covered prime contractor      
means-- 7,a7 a prime contractor 7as     
defined in section #hgja of title #da7  
that is a small business concern 7as    
defined in section #c of the ,small     
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb772   
and  7,b7 a prime contractor that       
subcontracts with a small business      
concern4  7#b7 ,covered contract ,the   

term covered contract means a contract  
entered into by a covered prime         
contractor-- 7,a7 on or after ,august   
#ac1 #bjah1 with respect to a contract  
entered into the head of an agency 7as  
defined in section #bcjb of title #aj1  
,united ,states ,code72 or  7,b7 on or  
after ,december #bj1 #bjai1 with respect
 to a contract entered into with the    
head of an agency 7as defined in section
 #cija of title #ca1 ,united ,states    
,code74  7#c7 ,federal agency ,the term 
,federal agency has the meaning given   
agency in section #eea7;a7 of title #e1 
,united ,states ,code4