House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Equitable Contracting and Small Business Advancement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 15, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 15, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6845.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THANEDAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 207, December 15, 2023, Page H6993):Section 8 Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To require officials of the Department of Defense to provide a briefing on the implementation of category management memorandum, and for other purposesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 15, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 234 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6845, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6845
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Shri Thanedar.
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- H.R. 10172 (118th) Prohibition of Medicaid Funding for Conversion Therapy Act
- H.Res. 1131 (118th) Celebrating Hindu Americans, and condemning attacks on Hindu places of worship, Hinduphobia, and anti-Hindu bigotry, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2810 (118th) To designate the Federal building located at 985 Michigan Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the "John Conyers Federal Building".
- H.R. 5132 (118th) United Against Transnational Criminal Organizations Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.