HR4670-118

Passed House

To amend the Small Business Act to require reporting on additional information with respect to small business concerns owned and controlled by women, qualified HUBZone small business concerns, and small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 17, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Small Business Act to require reporting on additional information with respect to small business concerns owned and controlled by women, qualified HUBZone small business concerns, and small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Defense, Veterans Affairs.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H11143C3ADA15438984429C7B376FF069: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Contracting Transparency Act of 2023.
  • Section H09103D3432EF41C1878FD3127880C5FE: 2. Report on small business concerns owned and controlled by women Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)) is amended by adding at the end...
  • Section H9D8134A01662473F97B387A1E0854168: 3. Report on small business concerns owned and controlled by qualified HUBZone small business concerns Section 31 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a) is...
  • Section H20C94CF39E7548E6A489DD4910E3D905: 4. Report on small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans Section 36 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f) is amended by...
  • Section H9C622A8C26FE4DBBA2DF5CF9112F0B16: 5. Compliance with CUTGO No additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act or the amendments made by this Act.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Small Business Act to require reporting on additional information with respect to small business concerns owned and controlled by women, qualified HUBZone small business concerns, and small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Defense, Veterans Affairs

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Small Business Act to require reporting on additional information with respect to small business concerns owned and controlled by women, qualified HUBZone small business concerns, and small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Defense Veterans Affairs

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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Legislative Progress

Passed House
Introduced Committee Passed
Nov 29, 2023

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small …

Sep 1, 2023

Additional sponsor: Ms. Tenney

Sep 1, 2023

Reported from the Committee on Small Business; committed to the …

Jul 17, 2023

Ms. Houlahan (for herself, Mr. Stauber, and Ms. Scholten) introduced …

Jul 17, 2023 (inferred)

Passed House (inferred from eh version)

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
24 mentions across 12 clauses
+9 positive -15 negative

Congressional oversight committees, Federal agencies with WOSB contracts, SBA Administrator

Positive-direction: Congressional oversight committees

Negative-direction: Federal agencies with WOSB contracts, SBA Administrator

Small Business
9 mentions across 9 clauses
+9 positive

HUBZone small businesses, Service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, Women-owned small businesses

General Public
6 mentions across 6 clauses
+6 positive

Economically distressed communities, Taxpayers

Veterans
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive

Veteran business advocates

5/5
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Defense Veterans Affairs
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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