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H. Rept. 118-471 1 (2024-04-26)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxagde0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED 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 49-006