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US HB789
Bill
Status
6/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
George Latimer
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AI Summary
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SBA Administrator must issue rules within 180 days requiring federal agencies to publicly disclose justifications for cancelling solicitations where two or more small businesses were eligible to bid
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Cancelled solicitation disclosures must include plans for reissuance with associated timeframes and whether requirements will be included in other contracts or task orders
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Small businesses that prepared bids for permanently cancelled solicitations must be referred to the agency's Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization for help finding similar contracting opportunities
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Amends the Small Business Act to add a new duty for OSDBU Directors to assist small businesses with identifying alternative opportunities when solicitations they bid on are cancelled without reissuance
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No additional funds are authorized to implement the requirements
Legislative Description
Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act
Commerce
Last Action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
6/4/2025