§1713 — Title 41 Public Contracts | U.S. Code

Summary

Federal agencies must tell the Office of Federal Procurement Policy how many first-time contract recipients they have that are qualified HUBZone firms, small businesses owned and controlled by women, or small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged people. Agencies must give those counts by gender. The Office must, each fiscal year, find out how many of those businesses are new to the Federal market. Qualified HUBZone small business concern — the type defined in section 31(b) of the Small Business Act. Small business concern owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals — the type defined in section 8(d) of the Small Business Act. Small business concern owned and controlled by women — the type defined in section 8(d) of the Small Business Act and section 204 of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988.

Title 41, §1713

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(a)In this section:

(1)The term “qualified HUBZone small business concern” has the meaning given that term in section 31(b) of the Small Business Act.

(2)The term “small business concern owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals” has the meaning given that term in section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)).

(3)The term “small business concern owned and controlled by women” has the meaning given that term in section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)) and section 204 of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–533, 102 Stat. 2692).

(b)Each Federal agency shall report to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy the number of qualified HUBZone small business concerns, the number of small businesses owned and controlled by women, and the number of small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, by gender, that are first time recipients of contracts from the agency. The Office shall take appropriate action to ascertain, for each fiscal year, the number of those small businesses that have newly entered the Federal market.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 1713(a)41:417a(b).Pub. L. 100–533, title V, § 502, Oct. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 2697; Pub. L. 105–135, title VI, § 604(f)(2), Dec. 2, 1997, 111 Stat. 2634. 1713(b)41:417a(a). In subsection (b), the words “socially and economically disadvantaged individuals” are substituted for “socially and economically disadvantaged businesses” for consistency with the term set out in subsection (a).

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 31(b) of the Small Business Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is classified to section 657a(b) of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. section 204 of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988, referred to in subsec. (a)(3), is section 204 of Pub. L. 100–533, which is set out as a note under section 637 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

Amendments

2017—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–91 substituted “section 31(b) of the Small Business Act” for “section 3(p) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p))”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2017 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–91 effective Jan. 1, 2020, see section 1701(j) of Pub. L. 115–91, set out as a note under section 657a of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

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