Small Business ECCEL Act

Small Business Easy Contract Compliance Enhancement and List Act of 2016 or the Small Business ECCEL Act

This bill amends the Small Business Act to require each Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to assist a small business concern awarded a federal contract or subcontract under the Act, or under military or civilian procurement law, in finding resources for education and training on compliance with contracting regulations (including the Federal Acquisition Regulation [FAR]) after such an award.

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 is amended to require agreements under the Mentor-Protege Program of Department of Defense (DOD) to include, if applicable, the assistance the mentor firm will give the protege firm in understanding contract regulations of the federal government and the DOD (including the FAR and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement) after the award of a subcontract.

The Small Business Act is amended to require the SBA to give small business development centers and entities participating in the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, and make available on the SBA website, a list of resources for small business concerns seeking education and assistance on post-award compliance with contracting regulations.

Each procurement center representative may assist small business concerns in finding such education and training resources.

The SBA, with respect to a non-DOD mentor-protege program, shall issue regulations to address the extent to which assistance to improve the ability of proteges to compete for federal prime contracts and subcontracts complies with post-award federal contracting requirements.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4331 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4331

   To amend the Small Business Act to ensure small business concerns 
receive assistance with post-award compliance with the requirements of 
           a contract or subcontract, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2016

 Mr. Hardy (for himself and Ms. Adams) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition 
  to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Small Business Act to ensure small business concerns 
receive assistance with post-award compliance with the requirements of 
           a contract or subcontract, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Easy Contract 
Compliance Enhancement and List Act of 2016'' or the ``Small Business 
ECCEL Act''.

SEC. 2. POST-AWARD COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE FROM THE OFFICE OF SMALL AND 
              DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION.

    Section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)(8)) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (15), (16), and (17) as 
        paragraphs (16), (17), and (18), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (14) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(15) shall provide assistance to a small business concern 
        awarded a contract or subcontract under this Act or under title 
        10 or title 41, United States Code, with finding resources for 
        education and training on compliance with contracting 
        regulations (including the Federal Acquisition Regulation) 
        after award of such a contract or subcontract.''.

SEC. 3. POST-AWARD COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE UNDER THE MENTOR-PROTEGE 
              PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    Section 831(e)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 104 Stat. 1607; 10 U.S.C. 2302 
note) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' and the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) the assistance the mentor firm will provide 
                to the protege firm in understanding contract 
                regulations of the Federal Government and the 
                Department of Defense (including the Federal 
                Acquisition Regulation and the Defense Federal 
                Acquisition Regulation Supplement) after award of a 
                subcontract under this section, if applicable.''.

SEC. 4. POST-AWARD COMPLIANCE RESOURCES FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.

    Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(t) Post-Award Compliance Resources.--The Administrator shall 
provide to small business development centers (as defined in section 
21) and entities participating in the Procurement Technical Assistance 
Cooperative Agreement Program under chapter 142 of title 10, United 
States Code, and shall make available on the website of the 
Administration, a list of resources for small business concerns seeking 
education and assistance on compliance with contracting regulations 
(including the Federal Acquisition Regulation) after award of a 
contract or subcontract.''.

SEC. 5. POST-AWARD COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE FROM PROCUREMENT CENTER 
              REPRESENTATIVES.

    Section 15(l)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(l)(2)) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (J);
            (2) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``and'' at the end; 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(I) assist small business concerns with finding 
                resources for education and training on compliance with 
                contracting regulations (including the Federal 
                Acquisition Regulation) after award of a contract or 
                subcontract; and''.

SEC. 6. POST-AWARD COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE UNDER THE MENTOR-PROTEGE 
              PROGRAM OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

    Section 45(b)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657r(b)(3)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(K) The extent to which assistance with 
                compliance with the requirements of contracting with 
                the Federal Government after award of a contract or 
                subcontract under this section.''.
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