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H.R. 789 · 119th Congress

Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act

Introduced Jan 28, 2025Policy area: Commerce

Read the textOn Congress.gov

Status: Passed House

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Summary

Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act

This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to issue rules for disclosing information about federal contract solicitations for which small businesses were eligible and that were issued and cancelled.

Under the rules for such a solicitation, an agency must provide (1) a justification for the cancellation, (2) information about any plans to reissue the solicitation and any associated time frames, and (3) information about any plans to include the requirements of the solicitation in another contract or task order of the agency.

Additionally, for such solicitations that an agency does not intend to reissue, the SBA must provide procedures for the agency to refer a small business that prepared a bid for such covered solicitation to the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization for assistance in identifying similar contracting opportunities.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. Senate

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

  2. House

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. House

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2396)

  4. House

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 789.

  5. House

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2396-2398)

  6. House

    Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  7. House

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 24.

  8. House

    Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-35.

  9. House

    Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 0.

  10. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  11. House

    Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

  12. Introduced in House