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Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the Small and Disadvantaged Business Enhancement Act of 2016.
In part, H.R. 4326 is the result of the outstanding joint effort between the House Veterans' Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the Small Business Committee's Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce.
Our investigative work and joint hearing on the improper, and at times illegal, use of purchase cards revealed billions of dollars worth of inappropriate purchases within the Department of Veterans Affairs alone. This work underscores the need for the reform legislation to be applied across the Federal Government.
The bill requires purchase card procurements to be reviewed if they are above $3,500 and less than $150,000, and requires them to be properly entered into the Federal Procurement Data System. You might think this was already a clearcut requirement, but it wasn't. H.R. 4326 corrects this glaring loophole. The bill also spells out the role of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, a much-needed clarification.
I encourage all Members to support this outstanding, bipartisan piece of legislation.
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