,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gecc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #i1 #bjbj,mr4  
,joyce of ,pennsylvania introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,small ,business  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require the ,administrator  
of the ,small ,business ,administration 
to develop a training curriculum on     
category management1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,small ,business    
,category ,management ,training ,act4   
#b4 ,category management training  7a7  
,in general ,not later than #h months   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,administrator of the ,small  
,business ,administration1 in           
coordination with the ,administrator of 
the ,office of ,federal ,procurement    
,policy and any other head of a ,federal
 agency as determined by the            
,administrator1 shall develop a training
 curriculum on category management for  
staff of ,federal agencies with         

procurement or acquisition              
responsibilities4 ,such training shall  
include-- 7#a7 best practices for       
purchasing goods and services from small
 business concerns 7as defined under    
section #c of the ,small ,business ,act 
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb772 and  7#b7        
information on avoiding conflicts with  
the requirements of the ,small ,business
 ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fca et seq474  7b7
 ,use of curriculum ,the ,administrator 
of the ,small ,business                 
,administration-- 7#a7 shall ensure that
 staff for ,federal agencies described  
in subsection 7a7 receive the training  
described in such subsection2 and  7#b7 
may request the assistance of the       
relevant ,director of ,small and        
,disadvantaged ,business ,utilization   
7as described in section #ae7k7 of the  
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fdd7k777 to carry out the requirements 
of paragraph 7#a74  7c7 ,submission to  
,congress ,the ,administrator of the    
,small ,business ,administration shall  

provide a copy of the training          
curriculum developed under subsection   
7a7 to the ,committee on ,small         
,business of the ,house of              
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,small ,business and ,entrepreneurship  
of the ,senate4  7d7 ,category          
management defined ,in this ,act1 the   
term category management has the meaning
 given by the ,director of the ,office  
of ,management and ,budget4