HR 789 · 119th Congress · Commerce

Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act

Introduced 2025-01-28· Sponsored by Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.(2025-06-04)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to issue rules for disclosing information about federal contract solicitations for which small businesses were eligible and that were issued and cancelled. Under the rules for such a solicitation, an agency must provide (1) a justification for the cancellation, (2) information about any plans to reissue the solicitation and any associated time frames, and (3) information about any plans to include the requirements of the solicitation in another contract or task order of the agency. Additionally, for such solicitations that an agency does not intend to reissue, the SBA must provide procedures for the agency to refer a small business that prepared a bid for such covered solicitation to the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization for assistance in identifying similar contracting opportunities.…

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H.R. 789, Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act

Apr 7, 2025

As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 24, 2025

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Cosponsors (3)

2 Democrats1 Republican