Defense Small Business Affiliate Consideration Act of 2023

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6740 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6740

To require the Secretary of Defense to amend the Department of Defense 
      Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to include 
   consideration of past performance of affiliates of small business 
                   concerns, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 13, 2023

  Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Defense to amend the Department of Defense 
      Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to include 
   consideration of past performance of affiliates of small business 
                   concerns, 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 ``Defense Small Business Affiliate 
Consideration Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION OF PAST PERFORMANCE OF AFFILIATES OF SMALL 
              BUSINESS CONCERNS.

     Not later than July 1, 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall amend 
section 215.305 of the Defense Federal Acquisition Supplement (or any 
successor regulation) to require that when small business concerns bid 
on Department of Defense contracts, the past performance evaluation and 
source selection processes shall consider, if relevant, the past 
performance information of affiliate companies of the small business 
concerns.
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