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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-628
PUERTO RICO SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING
ASSISTANCE ACT OF 2018
APRIL 10, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. CHABOT, from the Committee on Small Business,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 5178]
The Committee on Small Business, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 5178) to amend the Small Business Act to provide for small
business concerns located in Puerto Rico, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, report favorably thereon without
amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Bill Sum m ary ....................................................................... 1
II. N eed for L egislation .................................................................................... 2
III. H earin gs ....................................................................................................... 5
IV . Com m ittee Consideration ......................................................................... 5
V . C om m ittee V otes ....................................................................................... 5
VI. Section-by-Section of H .R. 5178 ................................................................. 7
VII. Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ............................................ 8
V III. U nfunded M andates .................................................................................... 8
IX. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 8
X . O versight Findings ...................................................................................... 8
XI. Statement of Constitutional Authority ..................................................... 8
XII. Congressional Accountability Act ............................................................. 8
XIII. Federal Advisory Committee Act Statement ............................................ 8
XIV . Statem ent of N o Earm arks ....................................................................... 8
XV. Statement of Duplication of Federal Programs ........................................ 9
XVI. Disclosure of Directed Rule M akings ...................................................... 9
XVII. Perform ance Goals and Objectives ........................................................... 9
XVIII. Changes in Existing Law, Made by the Bill, As Reported ...................... 9
I. PURPOSE AND BILL SUMMARY
The purpose of H.R. 5178, the Puerto Rico Small Business Con-
tracting Assistance Act of 2018, is to help small Puerto Rican
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