H.R. 818: SPUR Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-01-28 · Commerce · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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SPUR Act

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Small Business Procurement and Utilization Reform Act of 2025 or the SPUR Act This bill requires federal agencies to include on their annual scorecard for small business contracting the number of small businesses that receive a prime contract for the first time and are owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone small business concerns, small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, or small business concerns owned and controlled by women.

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SPUR Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] · 5 cosponsors

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Recorded votes

House roll call 45 (2025): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, H R 818 (2025-02-24): Passed

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr818.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr818 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills