Bill Tracker: 118th Congress-First Session (2023)

H.R. 1149 Countering Untrusted Telecommunications Abroad Act, Wild (D-PA)

SUMMARY Would require the Department of State to report on the prevalence of certain Chinese telecommunications equipment in U.S. embassies and in the networks of U.S. allies.

STATUS Passed the House (410-8) on 4/19/23.

H.R. 1538 Emerging Business Encouragement Act, Carson (D-IN)

SUMMARY Would require the head of each federal agency to establish goals for contracting with a certain percentage of “emerging business enterprises” for each fiscal year.

STATUS Referred to the Committee on Small Business on 3/10/23.

H.R. 1659 Department of Veterans Affairs IT Modernization Improvement Act, Takano (D-CA)

SUMMARY Would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to enter into a contract for the independent verification and validation of certain modernization efforts of the Department, including the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program, the Financial Management and Business Transformation Program, and supply chain modernization programs, among others.

STATUS Referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on 3/17/23.

H.R. 1744 Transparency in Government Contracts Act, Castro (D-TX)

SUMMARY Would require the Small Business Administration to disaggregate data on federal contracts awarded to small business concerns in certain reports.

STATUS Referred to the Committee on Small Business on 3/23/23.

H.R. 2726 Small Business Payment for Performance Act, Stauber (R-MN)

SUMMARY Would allow small businesses to request an equitable adjustment for certain change orders on military construction contracts and requires the federal government to pay at least 50% of cost occurred from the change order upon receipt of the equitable adjustment.

STATUS Referred to the Committee on Small Business on 4/19/23.

H.R. 2811 Limit, Save, Grow Act, Arrington (R-TX)

SUMMARY Would increase the federal debt limit and provide for changes to and decreases in discretionary spending.

STATUS Passed the House (XXX vote) on XXX.