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Union Calendar No. 23
119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 787
[Report No. 119–34]
To require plain language and the inclusion of key words in covered notices
that are clear, concise, and accessible to small business concerns, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY28, 2025
Mr. L
ALOTA(for himself, Mr. TRAN, and Mr. THANEDAR) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business
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ARCH24, 2025
Additional sponsor: Ms. G
OODLANDER
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ARCH24, 2025
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 28, 2025]
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A BILL
To require plain language and the inclusion of key words
in covered notices that are clear, concise, and accessible
to small business concerns, and for other purposes.
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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 ‘‘Plain Language in Con-4
tracting Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. ACCESSIBILITY AND CLARITY IN COVERED NOTICES 6
FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. 7
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Each covered notice shall be written 8
in a manner— 9
(1) such that a small business concern can easily 10
understand the intent of the covered notice; and 11
(2) that— 12
(A) is clear, concise, and well-organized; 13
and 14
(B) to the maximum extent practicable, fol-15
lows other best practices appropriate to the sub-16
ject or field of the covered notice and the in-17
tended audience of the covered notice. 18
(b) I
NCLUSION OFKEYWORDS INCOVEREDNO-19
TICES.—Each covered notice shall, to the maximum extent 20
practicable, include key words in the description of the cov-21
ered notice such that a small business concern seeking con-22
tract opportunities using the single Government-wide point 23
of entry described under section 1708 of title 41, United 24
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States Code, can easily identify and understand such cov-1
ered notice. 2
(c) R
ULEMAKING.—Not later than 90 days after the 3
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 4
Small Business Administration shall issue rules to carry 5
out this section. 6
(d) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 7
(1) C
OVERED NOTICE.—The term ‘‘covered no-8
tice’’ means a notice pertaining to small business con-9
cerns published by a Federal agency on the single 10
Government-wide point of entry described under sec-11
tion 1708 of title 41, United States Code. 12
(2) S
MALL BUSINESS ACT DEFINITIONS .—The 13
terms ‘‘Federal agency’’ and ‘‘small business concern’’ 14
have the meanings given those terms, respectively, in 15
section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 16
SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE WITH CUTGO. 17
No additional amounts are authorized to be appro-18
priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made by 19
this Act. 20
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119
TH
CONGRESS
1
ST
S
ESSION
H. R. 787
[Report No. 119–34]
A BILL
To require plain language and the inclusion of key
words in covered notices that are clear, concise,
and accessible to small business concerns, and
for other purposes.
M
ARCH
24, 2025
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
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