The U.S. House of Representatives | Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure will held a hearing titled: “Growing the Small Business Supplier Base in Government Contracting” on October 13, 2021. This session focused extensively on the decline in small business suppliers as a result of Category Management.

The U.S. House of Representatives | Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure will held a hearing titled: “Growing the Small Business Supplier Base in Government Contracting” on October 13, 2021. This session focused extensively on the decline in small business suppliers as a result of Category Management.

The U.S. House of Representatives | Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure will held a hearing titled: “Growing the Small Business Supplier Base in Government Contracting” on October 13, 2021. This session focused extensively on the decline in small business suppliers as a result of Category Management.

The version of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act passed by the House of Representatives on September 23 would increase the government’s small business prime contracting goal from 23% to 25% and increase the prime contracting goals for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, HUBZone small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, and women-owned small businesses.

September 24, 2021 | Washington, D.C.— Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes multiple measures to create more opportunities for small businesses in the government contracting space. Committee members advanced numerous bipartisan amendments focused on helping small firms that were included in the final bill.  

ASBCC Supports: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) inviting the public to comment on its proposal to implement the small business lending data collection requirements set forth in section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act (Section 1071).

The American Small Business Chamber of Commerce is proud to be a coalition partner with the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce as we address major issues with the federal program called, “Category Management” — which has blocked thousands of small businesses from accessing federal contracts.

The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce has published a detailed report which provides data which shows the dramatic loss of American small business suppliers. We highly recommend all small business federal suppliers read and distribute this report to your congressional leaders.

Rep. Madeleine Dean (PA-04) and Rep. Derek Kilmer (WA-06) introduced the Restore America’s Main Street Act. The COVID-19 pandemic has put an enormous strain on small businesses, leaving many vulnerable to a permanent shutdown. The smallest businesses, with 50 employees or fewer, especially struggled to access the Payment Protection Program (PPP).

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senate Small Business Committee Ranking Member Ben Cardin, D-Md., today introduced legislation to rescue small businesses from the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the Trump administration’s failure to ensure widespread testing.