US Congress House Bill 1640 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 20 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-20 - Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Pending: House Small Business Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To amend the Small Business Act to ensure uniformity in procurement terminology, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Small Business Act to require each government contract for the purchase of goods and services that has an anticipated value greater than the micro-purchase threshold but not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold (currently, greater than $2,500 but not greater than $100,000) to be reserved exclusively for small business concerns unless the contracting officer is unable to obtain offers from 2 or more small business concerns that are competitive with market prices and are competitive with regard to the quality and delivery of the goods or services being purchased.

To amend the Small Business Act to ensure uniformity in procurement terminology, and for other purposes.

Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]

Senate - On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 1003 to H.R. 2810 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018) (Y: 84 N: 9 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
Senate - On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 2810 (Y: 89 N: 3 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
2017-03-20	House	Introduced in House

HB1773 (Related) 2017-03-29 - Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
HB2810 (Related) 2017-12-12 - Became Public Law No: 115-91. (TXT | PDF)
HR616 (Similar To) 2017-11-14 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1640/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1640/BILLS-115hr1640ih.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1151/vote_115_1_00193.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1151/vote_115_1_00197.htm