US Congress House Bill 2344 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 17-9)
Status: Introduced on April 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-18 - Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Pending: House Small Business Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Allows a small business performing a construction contract awarded by a federal agency to request an equitable adjustment if the agency's contracting officer directs a change in the contract's performance without the agreement of the small business. The agency must provide the small business with an interim partial payment to cover additional costs resulting from such a change, and the small business must pay a first tier subcontractor or supplier the portion of the partial payment that is attributable to additional costs incurred due to the change.

Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2019

Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Troy Balderson [R-OH]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]
Rep. John Joyce [R-PA]	Rep. Anthony Gonzalez [R-OH]	Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]
Rep. Ross Spano [R-FL]	Rep. Elizabeth Fletcher [D-TX]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]
Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Andy Kim [D-NJ]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]
Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]
Rep. Dan Meuser [R-PA]	Rep. Lucy McBath [D-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-18	House	Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
2019-04-18	House	Introduced in House

SB2853 (Related) 2019-11-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
HB7320 (Related) 2020-06-24 - Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2344/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2344/BILLS-116hr2344ih.pdf