HR10849Referred to Committee

Small Business and Defense Industrial Base Support Act

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2026-10-19
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Maggie Goodlander
Maggie Goodlander
Democrat · NH · Representative
Votes with party: 93.6% (667 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

2026-10-19

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10849 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10849 To amend chapter 388 of title 10, United States Code, to clarify to the purpose of and adjust the limits on assistance under the procurement technical assistance cooperative agreement program. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 19, 2026 Ms. Goodlander (for herself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend chapter 388 of title 10, United States Code, to clarify to the purpose of and adjust the limits on assistance under the procurement technical assistance cooperative agreement program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business and Defense Industrial Base Support Act''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM. (a) Purposes.--Section 4952(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ``furnishing procurement technical assistance'' and inserting ``furnishing confidential procurement technical assistance''. (b) Increased Funding Limits.--Section 4955 of title 10, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``$1,500,000'' and inserting ``$2,000,000''; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``$750,000'' and inserting ``$1,000,000''; and (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ``1,500,000'' and inserting ``$2,000,000''; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(f) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive or modify the dollar amounts in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary-- ``(1) determines that it would be in the best interest of the program; and ``(2) provides the congressional defense committees notice of such modification or waiver not later than 30 days after making such modification or issuing such waiver.''. <all>