,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #gdf #aaith  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #dfae
 ,report ,no4 #aai-hdi ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,july   
#bb1 #bjbe,mr4 ,stauber 7for himself1   
,mr4 ,veasey1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 and    
,mr4 ,norcross7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,small ,business  ,october
 #i1 #bjbf;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4   
,sorensen1 ,mr4 ,case1 ,ms4 ,davids of  
,kansas1 ,mr4 ,vindman1 ,mr4 ,carson1   
,mr4 ,lawler1 ,mr4 ,davis of ,north     
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,landsman1 ,mr4         
,bresnahan1 ,ms4 ,craig1 ,ms4 ,scholten1
 and ,mr4 ,cisneros  ,october #i1       
#bjbf,reported with an amendment1       
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed,strike
 out all after the enacting clause and  
insert the part printed in italic,for   
text of introduced bill1 see copy of    
bill as introduced on ,july #bb1 #bjbe  
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,small         

,business ,act to provide interim       
partial payment to small business       
contractors that request an equitable   
adjustment due to a change in the terms 
of a construction contract1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,small         
,business ,payment for ,performance ,act
 of #bjbf4  #b4 ,equitable adjustments  
to construction contracts  7a7 ,in      
general ,section #ae of the ,small      
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fdd7 is  
amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
subsections 7x7 and 7y7 as subsections  
7y7 and 7z71 respectively2 and  7#b7 by 
inserting after subsection 7w7 the      
following new subsection3  7x7 ,interim 
partial payments for equitable          
adjustments to construction contracts   
7#a7 ,request for an equitable          
adjustment ,a small business concern    
that was awarded a contract for         
construction by an agency may submit a  
request for an equitable adjustment to  
the contracting officer of such agency1 

in accordance with the procedures of    
such agency and the procedures          
applicable to such contract1 if the     
contracting officer directs a change in 
the terms of the contract performance   
without the agreement of the small      
business concern4 ,such request shall-- 
7,a7 be timely made pursuant to the     
terms of the contract2 and  7,b7 specify
 the estimated amount required to cover 
additional costs resulting from such    
change in the terms4  7#b7 ,amount ,upon
 receipt of a request under paragraph   
7#a71 the agency shall provide to such  
concern an interim partial payment in an
 amount equal to not less than #ej      
percent of the estimated amount under   
paragraph 7#a77;,b74  7#c7 ,limitation  
,any interim partial payment made under 
this section may not be deemed to be an 
action to definitize the request for an 
equitable adjustment4  7#d7 ,flow-down  
of interim partial payment amounts ,a   
small business concern that receives an 
interim partial payment under this      

subsection shall pay to a first tier    
subcontractor of such concern the       
portion of each interim partial payment 
received that is attributable to the    
increased costs of performance incurred 
by such subcontractor due to the change 
in the terms of the contract performance
 described in paragraph 7#a74 ,a first  
tier subcontractor that receives a      
portion of an interim partial payment   
under this paragraph shall pay to a     
subcontractor 7at any tier7 the         
appropriate portion of such payment4  4 
7b7 ,implementation ,not later than #ij 
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,administrator of the    
,small ,business ,administration shall  
issue rules in accordance with the      
provisions of subchanpter ,,ii of       
chapter #e of title #e1 ,united ,states 
,code1 7commonly referred to as the     
,administrative ,procedures ,act7 to    
implement the requirements of this      
section4  7c7 ,conforming amendment     
,paragraph 7#b7 of section #ae7y7 of the

 ,small ,business ,act1 as redesignated 
by subsection 7a71 is amended by        
striking 7as defined in subsection 7y77 
and inserting 7as defined in subsection 
7z774  ,october #i1 #bjbf,reported with 
an amendment1 committed to the          
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be 
printed