To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to expand eligibility for certain contracts, and for other purposes.

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3830 To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to expand eligibility for certain contracts, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 5, 2023 Ms. TOKUDA (for herself and Mr. CASE) 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 expand eligibility for certain contracts, 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. EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN CON- 3 TRACTS. 4 (a) COMPETITIVE THRESHOLDS.—Section 8020 of 5 title VIII of division A of the Department of Defense, 6 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hur- 7 ricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza 8 Act, 2006 (15 U.S.C. 637 note) is amended by striking 9 ‘‘with agencies of the Department of Defense’’ and insert- 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:11 Jun 28, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3830.IH H3830 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3830 IH ing ‘‘with agencies and departments of the Federal Gov- 1 ernment’’. 2 (b) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 180 days after the 3 date of enactment of this Act, in order to carry out the 4 amendments made by subsection (a)— 5 (1) the Administrator of the Small Business 6 Administration, in consultation with the Adminis- 7 trator for Federal Procurement Policy, shall promul- 8 gate regulations; and 9 (2) the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council 10 established under section 1302(a) of title 41, United 11 States Code, shall amend the Federal Acquisition 12 Regulation. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:11 Jun 28, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3830.IH H3830 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS