Congressional Testimony

• Testimony of HUBZone Council Board Chair Shirley Bailey for the House Small Business Committee Hearing: A Review and Assessment of the SBA HUBZone Program (7/14/22)

• Testimony of HUBZone Council Member PilieroMazza for the House Small Business Committee Hearing: Are Governmentwide Contracts Helping or Hurting Small Contractors? (6/14/22)

• Testimony of HUBZone Council Member Matthew Schoonover for the House Natural Affairs Committee Hearing: H.R. 6504, Native Pacific Islanders of America Equity Act (2/17/22)

• Testimony of HUBZone Council Member Victor Holt for the House Small Business Committee Hearing: Growing the Small Business Supplier Base in Government Contracting (10/13/21)

• Testimony of HUBZone Council Member Michael Dunbar for the House Small Business Committee Hearing: CMMC Implementation and What it Means for Small Businesses (6/24/21)

• Testimony of HUBZone Council Member Delali Dzirasa for the Senate Small Business Committee Hearing: Reauthorization of the SBA's Contracting Programs (6/12/19)

• Testimony of HUBZone Council Board Chair Shirley Bailey for the House Small Business Committee Hearing: The Impact of Category Management on the Small Business Industrial Base (6/13/18)

• Testimony of HUBZone Council Board Chair Shirley Bailey for the House Small Business Committee Hearing: Learning from History: Ideas to Strengthen and Modernize the HUBZone Program (3/2/17)
  

Regulatory Comments

• HUBZone Council Response to the Office of Management and Budget Request for Information (RFI) on Methods and Leading Practices for Advancing Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through Government, Area 3: Procurement and Contracting Questions.
• • This RFI is an initiative from Executive Order 13985, which seeks to advance racial equity and support for underserved communities through the federal government. (7/6/21)
• The HUBZone Council advocated for IRS Guidance that allows businesses with forgiven PPP loans to retroactively deduct regular businesses expenses. Published (4/21/21)

• White Paper on HUBZone Price Evaluation Preference to Task Orders, explaining how the price evaluation preference helps to level the playing field for HUBZone firms in full-and-open competitions and allows federal agencies greater opportunity to devote federal spending to HUBZone firms. Written by HUBZone member Jon Williams (3/5/21)
• HUBZone Council Letter on Section 3610 of the CARES Act, raising issue with DoD Checklist for Submission of Section 3610 Reimbursement Requests, in Section 6, “Identification of other credits that will reduce relief provided under Section 3610.” (5/22/20)