119-hr818

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 818 Referred in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 818

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 25, 2025

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business 
 and Entrepreneurship

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 AN ACT

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

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Procurement and 
Utilization Reform Act of 2025'' or the ``SPUR Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO SCORECARD REQUIREMENTS.

 

Section 15

    (y) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644

    (y) ) is 
amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (2) --
        (A) by redesignating subparagraph
        (E) as 
 subparagraph
        (F) ; and
        (B) by inserting after subparagraph
            (D) the 
 following new subparagraph:
 ``
        (E) 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.'';

    (2) in paragraph

    (3) , by striking ``subparagraphs
        (B) through
        (E) of paragraph

    (2) '' and inserting ``subparagraphs
        (B) through
        (F) of paragraph

    (2) ''; and

    (3) by amending paragraph

    (6) to read as follows:
 ``

    (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.''.

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.

 Passed the House of Representatives February 24, 2025.

 Attest:

 KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

 Clerk.