Transparency in Government Contracts Act

Transparency in Government Contracts Act

This bill expands the Small Business Administration's (SBA) reporting requirements to include certain disaggregated demographic data about federal contracts (and subcontracts to the extent practicable) awarded to small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.

The SBA also must include whether such a small business participates in the 8(a) business development program.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1744 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1744

 To require the Small Business Administration to disaggregate data on 
    Federal contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and 
 controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in 
                certain reports, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2023

   Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
 Blumenauer, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Casar, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Bonamici, 
  Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Takano, Mr. Lieu, Ms. 
  Norton, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Brown, Ms. Lee of 
 California, Ms. Omar, Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Clarke of New 
York, Ms. Barragan, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Carson, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, 
and Ms. Jackson Lee) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Small Business Administration to disaggregate data on 
    Federal contracts awarded to small business concerns owned and 
 controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in 
                certain reports, 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 ``Transparency in Government Contracts 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DISAGGREGATE DATA ON CONTRACTS AWARDED TO SMALL BUSINESS 
              CONCERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY 
              DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 15(h) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(h)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(E)(iv)--
                    (A) in subclause (VII), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subclause (VIII), by adding ``and'' at the 
                end; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subclause:
                                    ``(IX) disaggregated by--
                                            ``(aa) the race, ethnicity, 
                                        and gender, or by the type of 
                                        entity, as applicable, of the 
                                        socially and economically 
                                        disadvantaged individuals that 
                                        own such small business 
                                        concerns owned and controlled 
                                        by socially and economically 
                                        disadvantaged individuals; and
                                            ``(bb) whether the small 
                                        business concerns owned and 
                                        controlled by socially and 
                                        economically disadvantaged 
                                        participates in a program under 
                                        section 8(a) of this title;''; 
                                        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Disaggregate certain subcontract award data.--In each 
        report required by paragraph (2), the Administrator shall, to 
        the extent practicable, disaggregate the data required by 
        paragraph (2)(F) for subcontracts awarded to small business 
        concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically 
        disadvantaged individuals by--
                    ``(A) the race, ethnicity, and gender, or by the 
                type of entity, as applicable, of the socially and 
                economically disadvantaged individuals that own such 
                small business concerns owned and controlled by 
                socially and economically disadvantaged individuals; 
                and
                    ``(B) whether the small business concern owned and 
                controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged 
                individuals participates in a program under section 
                8(a) of this title.''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply only with respect to reports required by section 15(h)(2) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(h)(2)) after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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