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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 6740
To require the Secretary of Defense to amend the Department of Defense
Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to include consider-
ation of past performance of affiliates of small business concerns, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER13, 2023
Mr. B
ACONintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Armed Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Defense to amend the Depart-
ment of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition
Regulation to include consideration of past performance
of affiliates of small business concerns, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defense Small Busi-4
ness Affiliate Consideration Act of 2023’’. 5
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SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION OF PAST PERFORMANCE OF AF-1
FILIATES OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. 2
Not later than July 1, 2024, the Secretary of Defense 3
shall amend section 215.305 of the Defense Federal Ac-4
quisition Supplement (or any successor regulation) to re-5
quire that when small business concerns bid on Depart-6
ment of Defense contracts, the past performance evalua-7
tion and source selection processes shall consider, if rel-8
evant, the past performance information of affiliate com-9
panies of the small business concerns. 10
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