§644a — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

Creates the Small Business Procurement Advisory Council. The Council must make and send positions on proposed federal procurement rules to the agencies that write those rules. It must check each Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (the offices set up under section 644(k)) to see if they follow the law. It must find best ways to increase small business use in federal contracting. It must send one yearly report to the House Committee on Small Business and the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship summarizing comments, review results, and best practices. The Council includes the SBA Administrator (or a designee), the Director of the Minority Business Development Agency, and the heads of each agency’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. The SBA Administrator (or designee) is the chair. The Council meets when the chair calls it. The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council and other relevant agencies must consider the Council’s timely comments.

Title 15, §644a

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(a)There is hereby established an interagency council to be known as the “Small Business Procurement Advisory Council” (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Council”).

(b)The duties of the Council are—

(1)to develop positions on proposed procurement regulations affecting the small business community;

(2)to submit comments reflecting such positions to appropriate regulatory authorities;

(3)to conduct reviews of each Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization established under section 644(k) of this title to determine the compliance of each Office with requirements under such section;

(4)to identify best practices for maximizing small business utilization in Federal contracting that may be implemented by Federal agencies having procurement powers; and

(5)to submit, annually, to the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate a report describing—

(A)the comments submitted under paragraph (2) during the 1-year period ending on the date on which the report is submitted, including any outcomes related to the comments;

(B)the results of reviews conducted under paragraph (3) during such 1-year period; and

(C)best practices identified under paragraph (4) during such 1-year period.

(c)The Council shall be composed of the following members:

(1)The Administrator of the Small Business Administration (or the designee of the Administrator).

(2)The Director of the Minority Business Development Agency.

(3)The head of each Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization in each Federal agency having procurement powers.

(d)The Council shall be chaired by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (or the designee of the Administrator).

(e)The Council shall meet at the call of the chairman as necessary to consider proposed procurement regulations affecting the small business community.

(f)The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council and other appropriate regulatory authorities shall consider comments submitted in a timely manner pursuant to subsection (b)(2).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly set out as a note under section 644 of this title. Section was enacted as part of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994, and not as part of the Small Business Act which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2013—Subsec. (b)(3) to (5). Pub. L. 112–239, § 1692(a), added pars. (3) to (5). Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 112–239, § 1692(b), struck out “(established under section 644(k) of this title)” after “Utilization”. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 112–239, § 1692(c), inserted “(or the designee of the Administrator)” after “Small Business Administration”.

§644a Small Business Procurement Advisory Council

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Title 15, §644a

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