House Bill 1597
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Commercial Market Representatives Clarification Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Mar 17, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1597
Congress
115
Policy Area
Commerce
Commerce
Primary focus of measure is business investment, development, regulation; small business; consumer affairs; competition and restrictive trade practices; manufacturing, distribution, retail; marketing; intellectual property. Measures concerning international competitiveness and restrictions on imports and exports may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
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.
March 17, 2017
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03/17/2017
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
03/17/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
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Jan 11, 2023 1:35:36 PM