Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act moves out of committee with changes

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed a revised Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act (HR 1873) on May 1, 2007. This bill, originating in the House Small Business Committee, has the primary effect of limiting small business bundling and upping the small business participation goals. The bill as passed will up the small business goal from 23 to 28 percent, according the the GovExec article and waters down the original from virtually eliminating all bundling to those requirements that were originally satisfied by two or more small businesses.

For a discussion of the original bill, click here, here, and here. For the text of the original bill, click here. The amended bill is not yet available online and will be posted when it is available.

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