To amend the Small Business Act to require the implementation of a data quality improvement plan, and for other purposes.

1/11/2023, 1:28 PM
Congress
114

Number
HR - 1410

Introduced on
2015-03-17

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

3/17/2015

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

This bill amends the Small Business Act with respect to the plan developed by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to improve the quality of data reported on bundled and consolidated contracts in the federal procurement data system.

By the first day of FY2017 the Administrator must implement this plan and, if not, then until it is implemented the Administrator may not exercise the authority to award limited SBA guaranteed loans for any fiscal year as part of certain SBA-administered pilot programs.

By the first day of FY2018 the Comptroller General must initiate a study on the plan's effectiveness, assessing whether contracts were accurately labeled as bundled or consolidated.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo amend the Small Business Act to require the implementation of a data quality improvement plan, and for other purposes.

Policy Areas
Commerce

Potential Impact
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary4/21/2015

This bill amends the Small Business Act with respect to the plan developed by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to improve the quality of data reported on bundled and consolidated contracts in the federal procurement da...


Latest Action3/17/2015
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.