US Congress House Bill 5829 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 18 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-05-18 - Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Pending: House Small Business Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Small Business Fairness Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Act to permit a contract between a federal agency and a small business teaming arrangement entity to be deemed awarded for purposes of the small business procurement and services contracting goals established by the head of that agency if the obligations of such entity are performed by a qualified HUBZone (historically underutilized business zone) small business or a small business owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, or women. Defines "teaming arrangement entity" as a prime contractor under a contractor team arrangement as defined under specified provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, as in effect on October 1, 2009.

Small Business Fairness Act of 2012

Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]

Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-05-18	House	Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

SB1110 (Related) 2011-05-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/5829/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr5829/BILLS-112hr5829ih.pdf