,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #eib  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ac1      
#bjbe,mr4 ,risch 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,crapo1 ,mr4 ,hickenlooper1 ,mr4        
,kennedy1 and ,mr4 ,young7 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 that plain    
writing statements regarding the        
solicitation of subcontractors be       
included in certain subcontracting      
plans1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,simplifying ,subcontracting ,act4  
#b4 ,plain writing application          
requirements for solicitation of        
subcontractors  7a7 ,in general ,section
 #h7;d7 of the ,small ,business ,act    
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcg7;d77 is amended--   
7#a7 in paragraph 7#f7-- 7,a7 in        
subparagraph 7,h77ii71 by striking and  
at the end2  7,b7 in subparagraph       

7,i77ii71 by striking the period at the 
end and inserting 2 and2 and  7,c7 by   
adding at the end the following3  7,j7 a
 representation that-- 7i7 the offeror  
or bidder will communicate all          
solicitations of subcontracts in plain  
writing 7as defined in section #c of the
 ,plain ,writing ,act of #bjaj 7,public 
,law #aaa-bgd2 #abd ,stat4 #bhfa77 so   
that the solicitation is easily         
understood by small business concerns   
seeking to obtain a subcontracting      
opportunity from the offeror or bidder2 
and  7ii7 the offeror or bidder will    
include the plain writing requirement   
described in clause 7i7 in all          
subcontracts that offer subcontracting  
opportunities4  2 and  7#b7 by adding at
 the end the following3  7#ah7          
,compliance with plain writing          
requirement ,if the ,administrator      
determines that a prime contractor      
failed to communicate any solicitation  
of a subcontract in plain writing in    
accordance with paragraph 7#f77;,j71 the

 prime contractor shall communicate a   
new solicitation of the subcontract in  
plain writing not later than #cj days   
after the date on which the             
,administrator made that determination4 
4  7b7 ,rulemaking ,not later than #ij  
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,administrator of the ,small 
,business ,administration shall         
promulgate regulations to carry out     
paragraphs 7#f77;,j7 and 7#ah7 of       
section #h7;d7 of the ,small ,business  
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcg7;d771 as added 
by subsection 7a74