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HR787Passed House

Plain Language in Contracting Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-28
Introduced
3
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Nick LaLota
Nick LaLota
Republican · NY · Representative
Votes with party: 94.1% (597 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/L000598

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (3)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

3 cosponsors on record at Congress.gov. The named list is syncing into Govwatch and will appear here shortly — view on Congress.gov in the meantime.

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

2025-06-04

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipReferred To · 2025-06-04
  • House Committee on Small BusinessReported By · 2025-03-24

Previously

  • House Committee on Small BusinessMarkup By · 2025-03-05
  • House Committee on Small BusinessReferred To · 2025-01-28

Plain-English Summary

Plain Language in Contracting Act This bill requires that notices of contracting opportunities for small businesses are written in a clear, concise, and accessible manner. Each notice also must comply with the requirements of the Plain Writing Act of 2010, which are applicable to publications and notices by federal agencies. The Small Business Administration must issue rules to implement these requirements.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Commerce
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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