,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eigg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #g1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,schmidt introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require the ,assistant      
,secretary of ,defense for ,industrial  
,base ,policy to establish a repository 
of supplier information to facilitate   
the qualification of suppliers1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,common       
,repository for ,small ,businesses ,act4
  #b4 ,common repository for supplier   
information  7a7 ,in general ,not later 
than #ij days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,assistant  
,secretary of ,defense for ,industrial  
,base ,policy shall establish a         
repository of information commonly      
required for the initial vetting by the 
,department of ,defense of contractors  
applying to be qualified to supply      
products or services to the ,department4

  7b7 ,coordinated efforts ,the         
,assistant ,secretary of ,defense for   
,industrial ,base ,policy shall develop 
the repository required under subsection
 7a7 in conjunction with or as part of  
other efforts of an ,office of ,small   
,business ,programs of the ,department  
of ,defense to provide market research1 
supply chain resiliency1 cybersecurity1 
and secure cloud tools to entities      
furnishing procurement technical        
assistance under chapter #chh of title  
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 and small   
manufacturers4  7c7 ,cooperative        
agreement ,the ,assistant ,secretary of 
,defense for ,industrial ,base ,policy  
may enter into a public-private         
partnership or cooperative agreement    
with one or more contractors of the     
,department of ,defense in establishing 
the repository required by subsection   
7a7 if the ,assistant ,secretary        
determines that such repository-- 7#a7  
would reduce duplicative efforts or     
reduce the time spent by potential      

suppliers in providing similar          
information to multiple prime           
contractors2 or  7#b7 would streamline  
or reduce the cost of a prime contractor
 qualifying a supplier for products or  
services to be provided to the          
,department4