HR 789
Passed a chamber
Requires the Small Business Administration to issue rules that make federal agencies explain why they canceled certain contract solicitations and help small businesses that bid on them find similar contracting opportunities.
Official title: Transparency and Predictability in Small Business Opportunities Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
28-JAN-2025
Referred
28-JAN-2025
Approved by committee
05-MAR-2025
Reported
24-MAR-2025
On the calendar
24-MAR-2025
Passed
03-JUN-2025
Senate
Received
04-JUN-2025
- Requires the SBA Administrator to issue the rules within 180 days of enactment
- Requires agencies to disclose the reason for a canceled solicitation and any plans to reissue it or add its requirements to another contract
- Directs each agency's Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization to help bidders find similar opportunities when the agency does not reissue a solicitation
- Publishes the required information on the government-wide point of entry and authorizes no additional funds
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (28-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 03-JUN-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Small Business Committee (House)
- Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee (Senate)
Commerce
■ 2 D■ 1 R
2 Democrats
1 Republican