,,ii #aahth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #ciga ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,march #ai1 #bjbd,mr4 ,coons 7for himself and ,mr4 ,kennedy7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,small ,business and ,entrepreneurship ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,small ,business ,act to require reporting on additional information with respect to small business concerns owned and controlled by women1 qualified ,h,u,b,zone small business concerns1 and small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,small ,business ,contracting ,transparency ,act of #bjbd4 #b4 ,report on small business concerns owned and controlled by women 7a7 ,in general ,section #h7m7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcg7m77 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7#i7 ,report ,not later than ,may #a1 #bjbd1 and annually thereafter1 the ,administrator shall submit to the ,committee on ,small ,business and ,entrepreneurship of the ,senate and the ,committee on ,small ,business of the ,house of ,representatives a report on small business concerns owned and controlled by women1 which shall include1 for the fiscal year preceding the date of the report1 the following3 7,a7 ,the number of applications for certification as a small business concern owned and controlled by women that have sufficient information for the ,administrator to make a certification determination1 disaggregated by-- 7i7 the number of applications certified2 7ii7 the number of applications denied2 and 7iii7 the number of applications for which a determination has not been made4 7,b7 ,the number of concerns certified as small business concerns owned and controlled by women by a national certifying entity approved by the ,administrator4 7,c7 ,the amount of fees1 if any1 charged by each national certifying entity for the certification described in subparagraph 7,b74 7,d7 ,the total dollar amount and total percentage of prime contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by women pursuant to paragraph 7#b7 or pursuant to a waiver granted under paragraph 7#c74 7,e7 ,the total dollar amount and total percentage of prime contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by women pursuant to paragraphs 7#g7 and 7#h74 7,f7 ,with respect to a contract incorrectly awarded pursuant to this subsection because it was awarded based on an industry in which small business concerns owned and controlled by women are not underrepresented-- 7i7 the number of such contracts2 7ii7 the ,federal agencies that issued such contracts2 and 7iii7 any steps taken by ,administrator to train the personnel of each ,federal agency described in clause 7ii7 on the use of the authority provided under this subsection4 7,g7 ,with respect to an examination described in paragraph 7#e77;,b7-- 7i7 the number of examinations due because of recertification requirements and the actual number of examinations conducted2 and 7ii7 the number of examinations conducted for any other reason4 7,h7 ,the number of small business concerns owned and controlled by women that were found to be ineligible to be awarded a contract under this subsection as a result of an examination conducted pursuant to paragraph 7#e77;,b7 or failure to request an examination pursuant to section #abg4djj of title #ac1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1 or any successor regulation4 7,i7 ,the number of small business concerns owned and controlled by women that were decertified4 7,j7 ,the total number of small business concerns owned and controlled by women4 7,k7 ,any other information the ,administrator determines necessary4 4 7b7 ,technical amendment ,section #h7m77#b77;,c7 of the ,small ,business ,act is amended by striking paragraph 7#c7 and inserting paragraph 7#d74 #c4 ,report on small business concerns owned and controlled by qualified ,h,u,b,zone small business concerns ,section #ca of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #feg;a7 is amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating subsection 7f7 as subsection 7g72 and 7#b7 by inserting after subsection 7e7 the following3 7f7 ,report ,not later than ,may #a1 #bjbd1 and annually thereafter1 the ,administrator shall submit to the ,committee on ,small ,business and ,entrepreneurship of the ,senate and the ,committee on ,small ,business of the ,house of ,representatives a report on ,h,u,b,zone small business concerns1 which shall include1 for the fiscal year preceding the date of the report1 the following3 7#a7 ,the number of applications for certification as a qualified ,h,u,b,zone small business concern that have sufficient information for the ,administrator to make a certification determination1 disaggregated by-- 7,a7 the number of applications certified2 7,b7 the number of applications denied2 and 7,c7 the number of applications for which a determination has not been made4 7#b7 ,the total dollar amount and total percentage of prime contracts awarded to qualified ,h,u,b,zone small business concerns pursuant to this section4 7#c7 ,the total dollar amount and percent of sole source contracts awarded to qualified ,h,u,b,zone small business concerns under subsection 7c77#b77;,a74 7#d7 ,with respect to an examination described in subsection 7d77#e7-- 7,a7 the number of examinations due because of recertification requirements and the actual number of examinations conducted2 and 7,b7 the number of examinations conducted for any other reason4 7#e7 ,the number of ,h,u,b,zone small business concerns that were found to be ineligible to be awarded a contract under this subsection as a result of an examination conducted pursuant to subsection 7d77#e7 or a verification conducted pursuant to subsection 7d77#b74 7#f7 ,the number of small business concerns that were decertified as qualified ,h,u,b,zone small business concerns4 7#g7 ,the number of qualified ,h,u,b,zone small business concerns4 7#h7 ,any other information the ,administrator determines necessary4 4 #d4 ,report on small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans ,section #cf of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #feg;f7 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7j7 ,report ,not later than ,may #a1 #bjbd1 and annually thereafter1 the ,administrator shall submit to the ,committee on ,small ,business and ,entrepreneurship of the ,senate and the ,committee on ,small ,business of the ,house of ,representatives a report on small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans1 which shall include1 for the fiscal year preceding the date of the report1 the following3 7#a7 ,the total number of small business concerns certified as small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans4 7#b7 ,the total dollar amount and total percentage of prime contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans pursuant to this section4 7#c7 ,the total dollar amount and percent of sole source contracts awarded to owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans pursuant to subsection 7c74 7#d7 ,with respect to an examination described in subsection 7h77#b7-- 7,a7 the number of examinations due because of recertification requirements and the actual number of such examinations conducted2 and 7,b7 the number of examinations conducted for any other reason4 7#e7 ,the number of small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans that were found to be ineligible to be awarded a contract under this subsection as a result of an examination conducted pursuant to subsection 7h77#b74 7#f7 ,the number of small business concerns decertified as small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans4 7#g7 ,the total number of small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans4 7#h7 ,any other information the ,administrator determines necessary4 4 #e4 ,compliance with ,,cutgo ,no additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this ,act or the amendments made by this ,act4