H.R. 1597 · 115th Congress
Commercial Market Representatives Clarification Act
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This bill amends the Small Business Act to specify the principal duties of Commercial Market Representatives, government contracting staff stationed at area Small Business Administration (SBA) offices and reporting to specified senior SBA officers.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 17, 2017
Commercial Market Representatives Clarification Act
This bill amends the Small Business Act to specify the principal duties of Commercial Market Representatives, government contracting staff stationed at area Small Business Administration (SBA) offices and reporting to specified senior SBA officers.
Such duties shall include:
- helping prime federal government contractors to find small business concerns capable of performing subcontracts;
- counseling such contractors on their responsibility to maximize subcontracting opportunities for small business concerns;
- instructing such contractors on methods and tools to identify potential subcontractors that are small business concerns;
- assisting such constractors to increase awards to small business subcontractors through visits, training, and reviews of past performance;
- giving counseling on how a small business concern may promote its capacity to such contractors; and
- conducting periodic reviews of such contractors to assess compliance with required subcontracting plans regarding small business subcontractors.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Commercial Market Representatives Clarification Act
Latest action (Mar 17, 2017): Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 17, 2017
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.