Equitable Contracting and Small Business Advancement Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6845 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6845

To require officials of the Department of Defense to provide a briefing 
on the implementation of category management memorandum, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 15, 2023

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To require officials of the Department of Defense to provide a briefing 
on the implementation of category management memorandum, 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 ``Equitable Contracting and Small 
Business Advancement Act''.

SEC. 2. BRIEFING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CATEGORY MANAGEMENT 
              MEMORANDUM.

    (a) Briefing Required.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Director of the 
Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of Defense shall 
jointly provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing 
on the implementation of the memorandum by the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment entitled ``Achieving Small 
Business Goals through Category Management Practices'' and dated 
January 27, 2023.
    (b) Contents.--Each briefing required under subsection (a) shall 
include the following:
            (1) The effects of the implementation of the memorandum 
        described in subsection (a) on contracting opportunities for 
        small businesses.
            (2) The tools and data analysis that are being used to 
        support small business concerns in procurement decisions to 
        increase small business opportunities.
            (3) The strategic efforts that have been taken to achieve 
        the small business participation goals of the Department of 
        Defense through the use of existing and open market contracts 
        to reach a mix of new entrants, seasoned 8(a) companies, and 
        other small disadvantaged businesses.
            (4) The opportunities that have been identified to 
        transition from bundled or consolidated contracts without small 
        business participation to contracts with small business 
        participation or to use small business set-aside competition.
            (5) The metrics the Department of Defense has established 
        to measure the effects of the implementation of the memorandum 
        described in subsection (a) on opportunities for small 
        businesses to contract with the Department.
            (6) The success stories of small business participation 
        with the Department of Defense that the Department has 
        identified and is sharing in industry engagements.
            (7) The sufficiency of the educational resources identified 
        in the memorandum described in subsection (a).
            (8) Any recommendations on additional steps the Department 
        of Defense can take to maximize small business participation 
        with the Department through category management practices.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committees on Armed Services and Small Business of 
        the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committees on Armed Services and on Small Business 
        and Entrepreneurship of the Senate.
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