{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-7694","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 7694","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Businesses Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Small Business Act to modify the requirements relating to the evaluation of the subcontracting plans of certain offerors, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Small Business Act to modify the requirements relating to the evaluation of the subcontracting plans of certain offerors, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Businesses Act of 2022"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Businesses Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Businesses Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Businesses Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Businesses Act of 2022"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2022-05-10","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-06-08","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h252","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Business Act","result":"Passed","yea":411,"nay":11,"present":0,"not_voting":5,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll252.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.","date":"2022-06-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-06-08","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Businesses Act of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires federal agencies to consider when evaluating offers for contracts the extent to which, in a subcontracting plan, the offeror proposes to use small businesses as subcontractors in the performance of the contract."}],"words":43},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends Section 8(d)(4)(G) of the Small Business Act to change how subcontracting plans are described and evaluated in offers for contracts.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7694/text/eh#H64A65A1E80EA40CF89C66F44BEA2B6D4"}]},"core_areas":["Evaluation of subcontracting plans under the Small Business Act"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the \"Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Businesses Act of 2022\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7694/text/eh#HB7AB2F7E01884F1C814865327DB70251"}},{"text":"Replaces the words \"bundled contract\" and the text that follows through \"for subcontracting\" with \"contract that includes a subcontracting plan required under this paragraph\" in the opening matter of Section 8(d)(4)(G) of the Small Business Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7694/text/eh#H64A65A1E80EA40CF89C66F44BEA2B6D4"}},{"text":"Replaces \"the rate provided under the subcontracting plan for small business participation\" in clause (i) with \"the description in the subcontracting plan of the extent to which the offeror proposes to use small business concerns as subcontractors (at any tier)\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7694/text/eh#H64A65A1E80EA40CF89C66F44BEA2B6D4"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-06-08","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7694/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7694","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7694/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-7694.png","v":"0b517b958a03","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 7694, 117th Congress: Strengthening Subcontracting for Small Businesses Act of 2022. House: 411 Yea, 11 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 8 Jun 2022."}}