,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #ddh #aahth  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #hjad
 ,report ,no4 #aah-eci ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,april  
#af1 #bjbd,mr4 ,mfume 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,alford7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,small ,business  ,june   
#d1 #bjbd;,committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to require the ,administrator 
of the ,small ,business ,administration 
to issue rules for cancelled covered    
solicitations1 to amend the ,small      
,business ,act to provide assistance to 
small business concerns relating to     
certain cancelled solicitations1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,transparency 
and ,predictability in ,small ,business 
,opportunities ,act4  #b4 ,small        
,business ,administration rules for     
cancelled covered solicitations  7a7 ,in
 general ,not later than #ahj days after

 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,administrator of the ,small       
,business ,administration shall issue   
rules to carry out the following        
actions3 7#a7 ,disclose information     
about a covered solicitation that was   
issued and cancelled that includes the  
following3 7,a7 ,a justification for the
 cancellation of such covered           
solicitation4  7,b7 ,available          
information about any plans to reissue  
such covered solicitation and any       
associated timeframes for such          
reissuance4  7,c7 ,available information
 about any plans to include the         
requirements such covered solicitation  
in another contract or task order of the
 ,federal agency4  7#b7 ,with respect to
 a cancelled covered solicitation which 
the ,federal agency does not intend to  
reissue1 procedures for the referral of 
a small business concern that prepared a
 bid for such covered solicitation to   
the ,director of ,small and             
,disadvantaged ,business ,utilization   

7as defined in section #ae7k7 of the    
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fdd7k777 of the ,federal agency for    
assistance in identifying similar       
contracting opportunities4  7b7         
,publication ,the information required  
under subsection 7a7 shall be made      
publicly accessible on the single       
governmentwide point of entry described 
under section #agjh of title #da1       
,united ,states ,code4  7c7 ,covered    
solicitation defined ,the term covered  
solicitation means a solicitation of a  
,federal agency for a procurement for   
which two or more small business        
concerns were eligible to submit a bid4 
#c4 ,duties for ,directors of ,offices  
of ,small and ,disadvantaged ,business  
,utilization relating to certain        
cancelled solicitations ,section #ae7k7 
of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae       
,u4,s4,c4 #fdd7k77 is amended-- 7#a7 in 
paragraph 7#ba71 by striking the period 
at the end and inserting 2 and2 and     
7#b7 by adding at the end the following 

new paragraph3  7#bb7 shall1 when       
notified by a small business concern    
that a ,federal agency cancelled a      
solicitation for which such concern     
prepared a bid and such ,federal agency 
does not intend to reissue1 assist such 
concern with identifying similar        
contracting opportunities4  4  #d4      
,compliance with ,,cutgo ,no additional 
amounts are authorized to be            
appropriated to carry out this ,act or  
the amendments made by this ,act4  ,june
 #d1 #bjbd;,committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed