The Small Business Administration (SBA) certifies small businesses owned by veterans, women, economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs, and businesses in historically underutilized areas so they can compete for special federal contracting opportunities. The Oversight and Transparency for Small Business Certifications Act requires the SBA Administrator to submit an annual report to Congress with detailed statistics on how those certification programs are performing — including the number of applications received, how many were approved or denied, and how long the process took. Data must be broken down by program type and include information on whether applications went through the SBA's centralized online platform. The four covered programs are the 8(a) Business Development Program, the Women-Owned Small Business program, the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business program, and the HUBZone program.
Transparency & Accountability
- SBA contracting certification reporting — Annual report to Congress required with disaggregated approvals, denials, and processing times across four small business preference programs
Congressional Summary
Oversight and Transparency for Small Business Certifications Act of 2026This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to report annually, as part of the President's budget submission, information about specified SBA contracting programs.The reporting requirement applies to the8(a) Business Development program,Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract program,HUBZone program, andService-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business program. The report must include the total number of unique small business concerns certified for participation in each program, the number of applications for certification for two or more such programs, and the percentage of total applicants that received two or more certifications.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Reported to House
- Action Date
- 2026-06-03
- Date Added
- 2026-06-19
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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