H.R. 4326: Small and Disadvantaged Business Enhancement Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-01-06 · Commerce · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-01-06 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Small and Disadvantaged Business Enhancement Act of 2016

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Small and Disadvantaged Business Enhancement Act of 2016 ( Sec. 2) This bill amends the Small Business Act to allow for the management of each Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) to be vested in an individual whose primary responsibilities were for the functions and duties of: (1) the procurement program for small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, and (2) the HUBZone program. The OSDBU of each federal agency with procurement powers shall review agency purchases that are greater than the micro-purchase threshold ($3,000) and less than the simplified acquisition threshold ($100,000) to ensure that the purchases have been made to comply with the Act and have been properly recorded in the Federal Procurement Data System, if the method of payment is a purchase card issued by the Department of Defense or by an executive agency head. Each OSDBU must cite in its annual report to Congress any failure to comply with such a program.

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Official text

Small and Disadvantaged Business Enhancement Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] · 1 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] reported raising $483,375 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr4326.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr4326 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114