Agencies using the authority are to brief Congress again until procedures are final
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Agencies using the authority are to brief Congress again until procedures are final
The document says “shall”Who acts: heads of Federal agencies using the authorityHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says
“shall, on a recurring basis until the Federal agency finalizes procedures for making those awards, brief the appropriate committees of Congress regarding the implementation of such paragraph (3) by that Federal agency.”
Subsection (c)(3) adds a repeating briefing for any agency that opts to make awards under the new paragraph (3). The briefings run on a recurring basis until the agency finalizes its procedures for making those awards, and cover the agency's implementation of that paragraph. The Act does not set how often a recurring briefing falls.
What the document actually says
“shall, on a recurring basis until the Federal agency finalizes procedures for making those awards, brief the appropriate committees of Congress regarding the implementation of such paragraph (3) by that Federal agency.”
That sentence, in plain words
An agency that uses the new power must keep briefing Congress. It stops once its rules are set.
What this is about
The law does not say how often. It only says the briefings go on until the agency finishes its rules.
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Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act, Public Law 119-83, sec. 3, 140 Stat. 759 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ83/html/PLAW-119publ83.htm
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“Agencies using the authority are to brief Congress again until procedures are final,” Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act, section 3, Sec. 3. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/small-business-innovation-economic-security-act/proposal/sec03-recurring-briefing/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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