Small Business Category Management Training Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7533 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to develop a training curriculum on category management, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 9, 2020 Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To require the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis- tration to develop a training curriculum on category management, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Cat- 4 egory Management Training Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. CATEGORY MANAGEMENT TRAINING. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 8 months after the 7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 8 the Small Business Administration, in coordination with 9 the Administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:40 Jul 30, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7533.IH H7533 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7533 IH Policy and any other head of a Federal agency as deter- 1 mined by the Administrator, shall develop a training cur- 2 riculum on category management for staff of Federal 3 agencies with procurement or acquisition responsibilities. 4 Such training shall include— 5 (1) best practices for purchasing goods and 6 services from small business concerns (as defined 7 under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 8 U.S.C. 632)); and 9 (2) information on avoiding conflicts with the 10 requirements of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 11 631 et seq.). 12 (b) USE OF CURRICULUM.—The Administrator of the 13 Small Business Administration— 14 (1) shall ensure that staff for Federal agencies 15 described in subsection (a) receive the training de- 16 scribed in such subsection; and 17 (2) may request the assistance of the relevant 18 Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utili- 19 zation (as described in section 15(k) of the Small 20 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k))) to carry out the 21 requirements of paragraph (1). 22 (c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Administrator 23 of the Small Business Administration shall provide a copy 24 of the training curriculum developed under subsection (a) 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:03 Jul 28, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7533.IH H7533 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7533 IH to the Committee on Small Business of the House of Rep- 1 resentatives and the Committee on Small Business and 2 Entrepreneurship of the Senate. 3 (d) CATEGORY MANAGEMENT DEFINED.—In this 4 Act, the term ‘‘category management’’ has the meaning 5 given by the Director of the Office of Management and 6 Budget. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:03 Jul 28, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7533.IH H7533 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS