Common Repository for Small Businesses Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5977 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5977

   To require the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base 
Policy to establish a repository of supplier information to facilitate 
        the qualification of suppliers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 2025

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base 
Policy to establish a repository of supplier information to facilitate 
        the qualification of suppliers, 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 ``Common Repository for Small 
Businesses Act''.

SEC. 2. COMMON REPOSITORY FOR SUPPLIER INFORMATION.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Industrial Base Policy shall establish a repository of information 
commonly required for the initial vetting by the Department of Defense 
of contractors applying to be qualified to supply products or services 
to the Department.
    (b) Coordinated Efforts.--The Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Industrial Base Policy shall develop the repository required under 
subsection (a) in conjunction with or as part of other efforts of an 
Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of Defense to 
provide market research, supply chain resiliency, cybersecurity, and 
secure cloud tools to entities furnishing procurement technical 
assistance under chapter 388 of title 10, United States Code, and small 
manufacturers.
    (c) Cooperative Agreement.--The Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Industrial Base Policy may enter into a public-private partnership or 
cooperative agreement with one or more contractors of the Department of 
Defense in establishing the repository required by subsection (a) if 
the Assistant Secretary determines that such repository--
            (1) would reduce duplicative efforts or reduce the time 
        spent by potential suppliers in providing similar information 
        to multiple prime contractors; or
            (2) would streamline or reduce the cost of a prime 
        contractor qualifying a supplier for products or services to be 
        provided to the Department.
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