US Congress House Bill 7320 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 24 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-24 - 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 work that is within the general scope of the contract 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.

To amend the Small Business Act to require equitable adjustments to certain construction contracts, and for other purposes.

Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]

Rep. Jared Golden [D-ME]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
2020-06-24	House	Introduced in House

HB2344 (Related) 2019-04-18 - Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
HB6395 (Related) 2021-01-02 - Message on Senate action sent to the House.
SB2853 (Related) 2019-11-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
HR1271 (Related) 2020-12-21 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7320/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7320/BILLS-116hr7320ih.pdf