US Congress House Bill 3851 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-12-21 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Small Business Advocate Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act (the Act) to require the Director of the Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (established in each federal agency having procurement powers) to be compensated at least at the GS-15 rate and allows such position to be compensated at up to a Senior Executive Service level. Includes as additional duties of each Director: (1) reviewing and advising on decisions to convert an activity performed by a small business to an activity performed by a federal employee; (2) providing advice and comments on acquisition strategies, market research, and justifications related to small business; (3) providing training to small businesses and contract specialists; (4) carrying out exclusively the duties enumerated under the Act and, while Director, not holding any other title, position, or responsibility, except as necessary to carry out such duties; and (5) reporting annually to the congressional small business committees on the provision of small business and contract specialist training. Amends the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 to require the Small Business Procurement Advisory Council to: (1) conduct reviews of each Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization to determine compliance with Small Business Administration (SBA) requirements, (2) identify best practices for maximizing small business utilization in federal contracting, and (3) report annually to the small business committees on such reviews and best practices.

Small Business Advocate Act of 2012

Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]	Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC]	Rep. Robert Schilling [R-IL]	Rep. Joe Walsh [R-IL]
Rep. Allen West [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-12-21	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 524.
2012-12-21	House	Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
2012-12-21	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 112-721, Part I.
2012-03-07	House	Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 11 - 7.
2012-03-07	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2012-01-31	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2012-01-31	House	Referred to House Small Business
2012-01-31	House	Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB3442 (Related) 2012-11-29 - Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
SB3572 (Related) 2012-09-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/3851/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr3851/BILLS-112hr3851ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr3851/BILLS-112hr3851rh.pdf