{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://houlahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3661", "House Unanimously Passes Houlahan\u2019s Small Business Contracting Transparency Act of 2023", "2023-11-30", "2023", "2023-11", "Democrat", "House", "PA", "Chrissy Houlahan", "H001085", "houlahan.house.gov", "houlahan", "https://houlahan.house.gov/press/documentquery.aspx", "page_html", "Originally Published in MyChesCo\n\nRepresentative Chrissy Houlahan\u2019s (D-PA) bipartisan Small Business Contracting Transparency Act of 2023 was unanimously passed by the House on Tuesday. The bill, H.R. 4670, introduced by Houlahan alongside Representative Pete Stauber (R-MN), is aimed at enhancing opportunities for small businesses owned by women, service-disabled veterans, and those situated in economically distressed areas to compete for federal contracts.\n\nHoulahan, herself a former entrepreneur from southeastern Pennsylvania, understands the difficulties often faced by small business owners. She believes that providing fair access to federal contracts for women, veterans, and underrepresented communities is vital to expanding opportunities for small businesses and ensuring the federal government has a broad selection of quality goods and services.\n\nThe legislation seeks to improve the oversight, transparency, and efficiency of various Small Business Administration (SBA) programs. It mandates the SBA to submit annual reports detailing:\n\nThe number of small businesses certified to participate in the Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), the HUBZone, and the Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) programs.\n\nThe total dollar amount and percentage of federal contracts awarded to qualifying small businesses in each SBA program.\n\nThe number of ineligible businesses erroneously awarded a contract in each SBA program.", 1, "2026-04-08T14:14:11Z", "2026-04-08T14:23:06Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://houlahan.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3661"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8246167562901974, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}