To temporarily extend participation in the 8(a) program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

This bill requires the Small Business Administration to allow any small business participating in its 8(a) Business Development program to extend participation by up to two years.

The 8(a) Business Development program limits competition for certain government contracts to small businesses that participate in the program.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7409 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7409

 To temporarily extend participation in the 8(a) program of the Small 
            Business Administration, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2020

 Mr. Richmond introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
 To temporarily extend participation in the 8(a) program of the Small 
            Business Administration, 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. EXTENSION OF PARTICIPATION IN 8(A) PROGRAM.

    The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall ensure 
that a small business concern participating in the program established 
under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637) on or 
before March 13, 2020, may elect to extend such participation by a 
period of up to 2 years, regardless of whether such concern previously 
elected to suspend participation in such program pursuant to guidance 
of the Administrator.
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