Official Summaries

This bill eliminates a requirement that, to the maximum extent practicable, certain construction subcontracts awarded by the Small Business Administration must be awarded within the county or state where the work is to be performed.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 991 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 991

   To amend the Small Business Act to eliminate certain requirements 
relating to the award of construction subcontracts within the county or 
                         State of performance.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2025

 Mr. Sullivan (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, and Ms. Hirono) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                 on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Small Business Act to eliminate certain requirements 
relating to the award of construction subcontracts within the county or 
                         State of performance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT RELATING TO AWARD OF CONSTRUCTION 
              SUBCONTRACTS WITHIN COUNTY OR STATE OF PERFORMANCE.

    Paragraph (11) of section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
637(a)) is repealed.
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