---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 645a"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "645a"
heading: "Annual report on suspensions and debarments proposed by Small Business Administration"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/645a"
units:
  - "Chapter 14A — Aid to Small Business"
---

# §645a. Annual report on suspensions and debarments proposed by Small Business Administration

- (a) **Report requirement—** The [Administrator](/usc/15/637c.md?p=1) of the Small Business [Administration](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1) shall submit each year to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate, and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives a report on the suspension and debarment actions taken by the [Administrator](/usc/15/637c.md?p=1) during the year preceding the year of submission of the report.
- (b) **Matters covered—** The report required by [subsection (a)](#a) shall include the following information for the year covered by the report:
  - (1) **Number—** The number of contractors proposed for suspension or debarment.
  - (2) **Source—** The office within a [Federal agency](/usc/15/632.md?p=b) that originated each proposal for suspension or debarment.
  - (3) **Reasons—** The reason for each proposal for suspension or debarment.
  - (4) **Results—** The result of each proposal for suspension or debarment, and the reason for such result.
  - (5) **Referrals—** The number of suspensions or debarments referred to the Inspector General of the Small Business [Administration](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1) or another [agency](/usc/15/632.md?p=b), or to the Attorney General (for purposes of this paragraph, the [Administrator](/usc/15/637c.md?p=1) may redact identifying information on names of companies or other information in order to protect the integrity of any ongoing criminal or civil investigation).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XVI, § 1683, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2086.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, and not as part of the Small Business Act which comprises this chapter.