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H.R. 4340: SB CAPE Act of 2016

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H.R. 4340: SB CAPE Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-01-07 · Commerce · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-01-07 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

SB CAPE Act of 2016

Plain summary

Small Business Contracting and Acquisition Programs Efficiency Act of 2016 or the SB CAPE Act of 2016 This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to initiate a review of the Office of Government Contracting and Business Development (OGCBD) of the Small Business Administration (SBA). This review shall examine: the extent to which SBA personnel who carry out certain procurement and business development programs report to the OGCBD, whether greater efficiency and consistency in the certification process of the procurement and business development programs could be achieved by creating a single organizational unit of employees to process all certifications required by such programs, whether greater efficiency and efficacy in the performance of such programs could be achieved by improving the alignment of the field personnel assigned to them, how the OGCBD could improve its staffing of regulatory drafting functions and its coordination with the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to ensure timely rulemaking by the SBA, and any other areas in which the GAO determines that the SBA could improve its performance with respect to procurement and business development programs.

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Official text

SB CAPE Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] · 1 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Seth Moulton (D-MA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] reported raising $60,716 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr4340 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114