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The bill increases transparency and oversight of small-business certification outcomes—helping disadvantaged firms and public accountability—while creating extra reporting work for the SBA that could slow certification processing if not resourced.
Small businesses (certified firms and applicants) gain clearer, disaggregated annual reporting showing participation and approval timelines, giving them more transparency about where they stand in the certification/sole-source process.
Women-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVO), and HUBZone firms get clearer data on certification outcomes and sole‑source eligibility, which can support advocacy, help identify disparities, and guide program improvements.
Congress, taxpayers, and the public receive better oversight data to assess SBA performance and track progress on consolidating certification platforms, improving accountability.
The SBA faces increased administrative and reporting burden without additional funding, which could divert staff time from processing certifications and slow service to applicants.
Greater transparency may expose delays, backlogs, or poor outcomes that could reduce confidence among applicants, contracting officers, and the public if no corrective resources or fixes follow.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires SBA to deliver an annual, detailed report to Congress on certification counts, outcomes, timelines, multi-program participation, and platform usage for four covered small-business contracting programs.
Requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to publish an annual, detailed certification report to Congress at the same time as the President's budget. The report must cover participation and application outcomes across four covered contracting programs (sections 8(a), 8(m), 31, and 36) and provide breakdowns by program, demographic categories (SDVO, Women-Owned, HUBZone), processing timelines, multi-program certification counts, and how many applications used the SBA's unified platform versus other systems. The change is limited to a reporting requirement; it does not create new funding, change program eligibility, or impose penalties. It is intended to increase oversight and transparency of SBA small-business certification processes for federal contracting programs.
Official title: To amend the Small Business Act to require a report on small business concern participation in a covered contracting programs, and for other purposes.
Introduced May 19, 2026 by Johnny Olszewski · Last progress June 24, 2026