H.R. 1386: SESO Act
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H.R. 1386: SESO Act
114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-17 · Commerce · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-17 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
SESO Act
Plain summary
Small Entrepreneur Subcontracting Opportunities Act of 2015 or the SESO Act The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 is amended with respect to the requirement that federal agency heads ensure that senior executive personnel responsible for acquisition assume responsibility for that agency's success in achieving small business contracting goals and percentages. Such personnel are also responsible for the agency's success in achieving small business prime contracting and subcontracting goals and percentages.
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Sponsor: Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26] · 3 cosponsors
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Mike Bost (R-IL)
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
- Fiscal year
- The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr1386.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr1386 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114