,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gdjc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bi1 #bjbj,ms4 
,houlahan 7for herself and ,mr4 ,joyce  
of ,pennsylvania7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,small ,business  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend the ,small ,business  
,act to exempt certain contracts awarded
 to small business concerns from        
category management requirements1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,protecting ,small ,business            
,contracting ,opportunities ,act of     
#bjbj4  #b4 ,exemption of certain       
contracts awarded to small business     
concerns from category management       
requirements  7a7 ,in general ,the      
,small ,business ,act is amended-- 7#a7 
by redesignating section #di as section 
#ej2 and  7#b7 by inserting after       
section #dh the following new section3  
#di4 ,exemption of certain contracts    
from category management requirements   

7a7 ,in general ,a contract awarded     
under section #h7;a71 #h7m71 #ca1 or #cb
 that is classified as tier #j-- 7#a7   
shall be exempt from the procedural     
requirements of any ,federal rule or    
guidance on category management or      
successor strategies for contract       
consolidation2 and  7#b7 may not be     
included when measuring the attainment  
of any goal or benchmark established    
under any ,federal rule or guidance on  
category management or successor        
strategies for contract consolidation1  
unless the inclusion of such contract   
aids in the achievement of such a goal  
or benchmark4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this
 section3 7#a7 ,category management ,the
 term category management has the       
meaning given such term by the ,director
 of the ,office of ,management and      
,budget4  7#b7 ,tier #j ,the term tier  
#j has the meaning given such term by   
the ,director of the ,office of         
,management and ,budget with respect to 
the ,spend ,under ,management tiered    

maturity model1 or any successor model4 
4  7b7 ,application ,section #di of the 
,small ,business ,act1 as added by      
subsection 7a71 shall apply with respect
 to contracts entered into on or after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act4 
7c7 ,plan and report  7#a7 ,in general  
,not later than #abj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget shall submit to ,congress a 
report including a plan to increase the 
participation of small business concerns
 in agency-wide or ,government-wide     
contracts 7including best in class      
designations as defined in section      
#ae7;h77#d77;,b774 ,such plan shall     
include-- 7,a7 strategies to increase   
the amount and frequency of             
opportunities for small business        
concerns to participate in agency-wide  
or ,government-wide contracts2  7,b7    
strategies to ease or eliminate         
requirements that impede such           
participation of small business         

concerns2 and  7,c7 a specific goal for 
the number of small business concerns   
participating in agency-wide or         
,government-wide contracts and a        
timeline to achieve such goal4  7#b7    
,implementation ,not later than #fj days
 after the submission of the report     
required under paragraph 7#a71 the      
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget shall implement the plan    
contained in such report4  7d7          
,rulemaking ,not later than #ij days    
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,federal ,acquisition         
,regulation shall be revised to carry   
out this ,act and the amendment made by 
this ,act4