Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8511 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8511 To end preferences for disadvantaged individuals and businesses in Government contracts, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 27, 2026 Mr. Grothman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To end preferences for disadvantaged individuals and businesses in Government contracts, and for other purposes. 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 ``Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act''. SEC. 2. ENDING FEDERAL CONTRACTING PREFERENCES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL BUSINESSES OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY WOMEN. (a) Small Business Act.--The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended-- (1) in section 2 (15 U.S.C. 631)-- (A) by repealing subsection (f); and (B) in subsection (h)(1)(H), by striking ``while not adversely affecting the rights of socially and economically disadvantaged individuals''; (2) in section 7 (15 U.S.C. 636)-- (A) in subsection (a)-- (i) in paragraph (15)(E)-- (I) in clause (i), by striking ``including the number of loans'' and all that follows through the end of the clause and inserting the following: ``including the number of loans made to cooperatives;''; and (II) in claus