Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7988) to amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to new small business entrants in the scorecard program, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 7988 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Procurement and Utilization Reform Act of 2024'' or the ``SPUR Act''. SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO SCORECARD REQUIREMENTS. Section 15(y) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(y)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (2)-- (A) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and (B) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph: ``(E) The number of new small business entrants, including new small business entrants that are small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone small business concerns, small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and small business concerns owned and controlled by women awarded prime contracts in each North American Industry Classification System code during the fiscal year, and a comparison to the number awarded prime contracts during the prior fiscal year, if available.''; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``subparagraphs (B) through (E) of paragraph (2)''…”