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US. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-471
PLAIN LANGUAGE IN CONTRACTING ACT
APRIL 26, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, from the Committee on Small Business,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 7987]
The Committee on Small Business, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 7987) to require plain language and the inclusion of key
words in covered notices that are clear, concise, and accessible to
small business concerns, and for other purposes, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Bill Sum m ary ........................................................................ 2
II. N eed for Legislation .................................................................................. 2
III. H earings ....................................................................................................... 2
IV. Com m ittee Consideration ......................................................................... 2
V . Com m ittee V otes ....................................................................................... 2
VI. Section-by-Section of H .R. 7987 ............................................................... 5
VII. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ............................................. 5
VIII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 5
IX. Oversight Findings & Recommendations .................................................. 5
X. Performance Goals and Objectives ........................................................... 6
XI. Statement of Duplication of Federal Programs ...................................... 6
XII. Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff
B en efits ..................................................................................................... 6
XIII. Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................... 6
XIV. Federal Advisory Committee Statement ................................................... 6
XV. Applicability to Legislative Branch ........................................................... 6
XVI. Statement of Constitutional Authority ...................................................... 6
XVII. M inority View s ............................................................................................ 7
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