Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Stronger Voice for Small Business Act of 2015”.
Stronger Voice for Small Business Act of 2015
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to allow for petitions for reconsideration of size standards for small business concerns, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Petitions for reconsideration of size standards for small business concerns
Section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(9) Petitions for reconsideration of size standards
“(A) In general—A person may file a petition for reconsideration with the Office of Hearings and Appeals (as designated in part 134 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, that was in effect on January 1, 2016, or any successor to such Office) of a size standard revised, modified, or established by the Administrator pursuant to this subsection.
“(B) Time limit—A person filing a petition for reconsideration described in subparagraph (A) shall file such petition not later than 30 days after the publication in the Federal Register of the notice of final rule to revise, modify, or establish size standards described in paragraph (6).
“(C) Process for agency review—The Office of Hearings and Appeals shall use the same process it uses to decide challenges to the size of a small business concern to decide a petition for review pursuant to this paragraph.
“(D) Judicial review—The publication of a final rule in the Federal Register described in subparagraph (B) shall be considered final agency action for purposes of seeking judicial review. Filing a petition for reconsideration under subparagraph (A) shall not be a condition precedent to judicial review of any such size standard.”