,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #cbe  #aahth
 ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#gajc  ,report ,no4 #aah-cif  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives         
,january #bi1 #bjbd ,mr4 ,stauber 7for  
himself1 ,mr4 ,mc,garvey1 and ,mr4      
,la,lota7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,small ,business  ,february #bc1 #bjbd 
,committed to the ,committee of the     
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend the ,small ,business  
,act to require ,federal agencies to    
testify and report on scores received   
under the scorecard program for         
evaluating ,federal agency compliance   
with small business contracting goals1  
to testify for failure to meet          
,governmentwide contracting goals1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,agency  
,accountability ,act of #bjbd4  #b4     
,federal agency testimony on scorecard  
scores and failure to achieve certain   

goals ,section #ae7;g77#b7 of the ,small
 ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4          
#fdd7;g77#b77 is amended by adding at   
the end the following3  7,g7 ,testimony 
required ,the head of the office        
established in a ,federal agency under  
subsection 7k7 shall testify before the 
,committee on ,small ,business and      
,entrepreneurship of the ,senate and the
 ,committee on ,small ,business of the  
,house of ,representatives under the    
following circumstances3 7i7 ,if such   
agency fails to receive a score         
equivalent to a letter grade of ,a or   
above on the scorecard established under
 subsection 7y7 for a fiscal year1 on   
the reasons for such failure4  7ii7 ,if 
such agency fails to meet two or more of
 the ,governmentwide goals established  
under paragraph 7#a77;,a71 on the       
reasons for such failure1  4  #c4       
,federal agency reporting on scorecard  
scores ,section #ae7;h77#a77;,d7 of the 
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fdd7;h77#a77;,d77 is amended by        

inserting and to improve the score on   
the scorecard established under         
subsection 7y7 after better meet such   
goals4  #d4 ,compliance with ,,cutgo ,no
 additional amounts are authorized to be
 appropriated to carry out this ,act or 
the amendments made by this ,act4       
,february #bc1 #bjbd ,committed to the  
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed