HR 5551 · 97th Congress · Commerce

A bill to amend section 8(e) of the Small Business Act to improve small business access to Federal Procurement information.

Introduced 1982-02-22· Sponsored by Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7]· House

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Senate
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Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.(1982-04-29)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Small Business Act to require procuring agencies to wait a specified amount of time before issuing solicitations for procurement actions or foreclosing competition under procurement actions.…

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Cosponsors (20)

17 Democrats2 Republicans1 Independent
Rep. Ireland, Andrew P. [D-FL-8]FL
Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-7]NY
Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6]IA
Rep. Benjamin, Adam, Jr. [D-IN-1]IN
Rep. Boland, Edward P. [D-MA-2]MA
Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36]CA
Rep. Chisholm, Shirley [D-NY-12]NY
Rep. Clay, William (Bill) [D-MO-1]MO
Resident Commissioner Corrada, Baltasar [I-PR-At Large]PR
Rep. Crockett, George W., Jr. [D-MI-13]MI
Rep. D'Amours, Norman E. [D-NH-1]NH
Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-28]CA
Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-35]CA
Rep. Edgar, Robert W. [D-PA-7]PA
Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-25]NY
Rep. Ford, Harold E. [D-TN-8]TN
Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]MA
Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24]TX
Rep. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN-4]TN
Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-4]CA