H.R. 818

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to new small business entrants in the scorecard program, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES · February 25, 2025 · Committee: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Table of contents

• H.R. 818
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Modifications to scorecard requirements
  • SEC. 3. Compliance with CUTGO

SEC. 1. Short title

• This Act may be cited as the or the .

SEC. 2. Modifications to scorecard requirements

• Section 15(y) of the Small Business Act () is amended— 15 U.S.C. 644(y)
  • in paragraph (2)—
    • by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and
      • The number of new small business entrants, including new small business entrants that are small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone small business concerns, small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and small business concerns owned and controlled by women awarded prime contracts in each North American Industry Classification System code during the fiscal year, and a comparison to the number awarded prime contracts during the prior fiscal year, if available.
    • by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:
  • in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraphs (B) through (E) of paragraph (2)and inserting subparagraphs (B) through (F) of paragraph (2); and
    • (6) Definitions
      • In this subsection:
      • (A) New small business entrant
        • The term new small business entrant means a small business concern that—
          • (i) has been awarded a prime contract by a Federal agency; and
          • (ii) has not previously been awarded a prime contract by any Federal agency.
      • (B) Scorecard
        • The term scorecard means any summary using a rating system to evaluate the efforts of a Federal agency to meet goals established under subsection (g)(1)(B) that—
          • (i) includes the measures described in paragraph (2); and
          • (ii) assigns a score to each Federal agency evaluated.
  • by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows:

SEC. 3. Compliance with CUTGO

• No additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act or the amendments made by this Act.