H.R. 190Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019

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Sponsor: Roger Marshall [R-KS-01]
Cosponsors: 2 · 2 Democrats
Policy area: Commerce
Committees: Small Business Committee, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Latest action: Jan 17, 2019 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

IntroducedJan 3, 2019
Passed the HouseJan 16, 2019
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019

This bill eliminates the inclusion of option years in the award price for certain sole source contracts (i.e., contracts awarded without a competitive process). Under current law, option years in the award price for such contracts limit their dollar award threshold.

Specifically, the bill revises requirements for the award of these contracts to (1) qualified Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) small businesses, (2) small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, (3) economically disadvantaged small businesses owned and controlled by women, and (4) small businesses owned and controlled by women in substantially underrepresented industries.

The Government Accountability Office must evaluate the policies and practices used by the Small Business Administration and other federal agencies to ensure that contracting officers are properly classifying sole source contracts under procurement programs for businesses owned by women and disabled veterans in the Federal Procurement Data System.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 190 as passed House on Jan 16, 2019. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 36

House Jan 16, 2019

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

415 Yea 6 Nay 12 not voting

Crossed both parties 6 of 421 voting members broke with their own party: 6 Republicans.

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All members433 members

Democratic234 members

Republican199 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors2 · 2 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 190 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.

DBradley Scott Schneider [D-IL-10]Original2026 profile

DJosh Harder [D-CA-10]Joined Jan 14, 20192026 profile

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H.R. 190Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 36

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

How the chamber split

Cosponsors2 · 2 Democrats

H.R. 190Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 36

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

How the chamber split

Cosponsors2 · 2 Democrats

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