H.R. 9016 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9016 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 28, 2022Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Meuser) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to codify the scorecard program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Scorecard Enhancements Act of 2022. 2. Codification of Small Business Administration scorecard (a) In general Section 868(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (15 U.S.C. 644 note) is transferred to section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644), inserted after subsection (x), redesignated as subsection (y), and amended— (1) by striking paragraphs (1), (6), and (7); (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; (3) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (6); (4) in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated), by striking Beginning in and all that follows through to evaluate and inserting The Administrator shall use a scorecard to annually evaluate; (5) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking developed under paragraph (1); and (ii) by inserting and Governmentwide after each Federal agency; and (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking section 15(g)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1)(B)) and inserting subsection (g)(1)(B); (6) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking paragraph (3)(A) and inserting paragraph (2)(A); and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking paragraph (3) and inserting paragraph (2); (7) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) the following new paragraph: (4) Additional requirements for scorecards The scorecard shall include, for each Federal agency and Governmentwide, the following information with respect to prime contracts: (A) The number (expressed as a percentage) and total dollar amount of awards made to small business concerns owned and controlled by women through sole source contracts and competitions restricted to small business concerns owned and controlled by women under section 8(m). (B) The number (expressed as a percentage) and total dollar amount of awards made to small business concerns owned and controlled by qualified HUBZone small business concerns through sole source contracts and competitions restricted to qualified HUBZone small business concerns under section 31(c)(2). (C) The number (expressed as a percentage) and total dollar amount of awards made to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans through sole source contracts and competitions restricted to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans under section 36. (D) The number (expressed as a percentage) and total dollar amount of awards made to socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns under section 8(a) through sole source contracts and competitions restricted to socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns, disaggregated by awards made to such concerns that are owned and controlled by individuals and awards made to such concerns that are owned and controlled by an entity. ; (8) in paragraph (5), by striking section 15(h)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(h)(2)) and inserting subsection (h)(2); and (9) by amending paragraph (6) (as so redesignated) to read as follows: (6) Scorecard defined In this subsection, the term scorecard means any summary using a rating system to evaluate the efforts of a Federal agency to meet goals established under subsection (g)(1)(B) that— (A) includes the information described in paragraph (2); and (B) assigns a score to each Federal agency evaluated. . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Section 15(x)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(x)(2)) is amended by striking scorecard described in section 868(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (15 U.S.C. 644 note) and inserting scorecard (as defined in subsection (y)). (2) Section 3(6) of the PRICE Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–88; 41 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended to read as follows: (6) Scorecard The term scorecard has the meaning given in section 15(y) of the Small Business Act. .