Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019
This bill eliminates the inclusion of option years in the award price for certain sole source contracts (i.e., contracts awarded without a competitive process). Under current law, option years in the award price for such contracts limit their dollar award threshold.
Specifically, the bill revises requirements for the award of these contracts to (1) qualified Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small businesses, (2) small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, (3) economically disadvantaged small businesses owned and controlled by women, and (4) small businesses owned and controlled by women in substantially underrepresented industries.
The Government Accountability Office must evaluate the policies and practices used by the Small Business Administration and other federal agencies to ensure that contracting officers are properly classifying sole source contracts under procurement programs for businesses owned by women and disabled veterans in the Federal Procurement Data System.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-17 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. | Senate |
| 2019-01-16 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2019-01-16 | Vote | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 415 - 6 (Roll no. 36). (text: CR 1/14/2019 H528-529) | House floor actions |
| 2019-01-16 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H626) | House floor actions |
| 2019-01-14 | Floor | At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. | House floor actions |
| 2019-01-14 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 190. | House floor actions |
| 2019-01-14 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H528-531) | House floor actions |
| 2019-01-14 | Floor | Ms. Velazquez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. | House floor actions |
| 2019-01-03 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | House floor actions |
| 2019-01-03 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |