,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #bc #aaith   
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #ghg 
,report ,no4 #aai-cd ,,in ,,the ,,house 
,,of ,,representatives  ,january #bh1   
#bjbe,mr4 ,la,lota 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,tran1 and ,mr4 ,thanedar7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,small ,business   
,march #bd1 #bjbe;,additional sponsor3  
,ms4 ,goodlander  ,march #bd1           
#bjbe,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 ,january #bh1     
#bjbe  ,a ,,bill  ,to require plain     
language and the inclusion of key words 
in covered notices that are clear1      
concise1 and accessible to small        
business concerns1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,plain ,language in 

,contracting ,act4  #b4 ,accessibility  
and clarity in covered notices for small
 business concerns  7a7 ,in general     
,each covered notice shall be written in
 a manner-- 7#a7 such that a small      
business concern can easily understand  
the intent of the covered notice2 and   
7#b7 that-- 7,a7 is clear1 concise1 and 
well-organized2 and  7,b7 to the maximum
 extent practicable1 follows other best 
practices appropriate to the subject or 
field of the covered notice and the     
intended audience of the covered notice4
  7b7 ,inclusion of key words in covered
 notices ,each covered notice shall1 to 
the maximum extent practicable1 include 
key words in the description of the     
covered notice such that a small        
business concern seeking contract       
opportunities using the single          
,government-wide point of entry         
described under section #agjh of title  
#da1 ,united ,states ,code1 can easily  
identify and understand such covered    
notice4  7c7 ,rulemaking ,not later than

 #ij days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration shall issue rules to    
carry out this section4  7d7            
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,covered notice ,the term covered notice
 means a notice pertaining to small     
business concerns published by a        
,federal agency on the single           
,government-wide point of entry         
described under section #agjh of title  
#da1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,small
 ,business ,act definitions ,the terms  
,federal agency and small business      
concern have the meanings given those   
terms1 respectively1 in section #c of   
the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4
 #fcb74  #c4 ,compliance with ,,cutgo   
,no additional amounts are authorized to
 be appropriated to carry out this ,act 
or the amendments made by this ,act4    
,march #bd1 #bjbe,reported with an      
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   

the ,union1 and ordered to be printed