119-s592

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 592 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 592

 To amend the Small Business Act to require that plain writing 
statements regarding the solicitation of subcontractors be included in 
 certain subcontracting plans, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 13, 2025

 Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Kennedy, and 
 Mr. Young) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To amend the Small Business Act to require that plain writing 
statements regarding the solicitation of subcontractors be included in 
 certain subcontracting plans, 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 ``Simplifying Subcontracting Act''.

SEC. 2. PLAIN WRITING APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SOLICITATION OF 
 SUBCONTRACTORS.

    (a) In General.--

Section 8
            (d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
637
            (d) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (6) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (H)
            (ii) , by striking ``and'' at 
 the end;
        (B) in subparagraph
            (I) 
            (ii) , by striking the period 
 at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (J) a representation that--
 ``
            (i) the offeror or bidder will communicate all 
 solicitations of subcontracts in plain writing (as 
 defined in 

section 3 of the Plain Writing Act of 2010 
 (Public Law 111-274; 124 Stat. 2861)) so that the 
 solicitation is easily understood by small business 
 concerns seeking to obtain a subcontracting opportunity 
 from the offeror or bidder; and
 ``
            (ii) the offeror or bidder will include the plain 
 writing requirement described in clause
            (i) in all 
 subcontracts that offer subcontracting 
 opportunities.''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (18) Compliance with plain writing requirement.--If the 
 Administrator determines that a prime contractor failed to 
 communicate any solicitation of a subcontract in plain writing 
 in accordance with paragraph

    (6)
        (J) , the prime contractor shall 
 communicate a new solicitation of the subcontract in plain 
 writing not later than 30 days after the date on which the 
 Administrator made that determination.''.

    (b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration 
shall promulgate regulations to carry out paragraphs

    (6)
        (J) and

    (18) of 

section 8
            (d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637
            (d) ), as added by 
subsection

    (a) .
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