A bill to amend the Small Business Act to increase employment in the 10 States having the highest rates of unemployment by increasing for a 3-year period the Federal procurement set-asides for small businesses doing business in any such State.
Small Business Unemployment Assistance Act of 1983 - Amends the Small Business Act to require Federal agencies to set aside for small businesses an additional five percent of the procurement contracts for $10,000 or more which are awarded during the three-year period following the enactment of this Act. Requires that small businesses located in any of the ten States with the highest unemployment rates be given priority in the awarding of such contracts and the placement of subcontracts.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Small Business.
Referred to Subcommittee on General Oversight and the Economy.
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