Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act

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Introduced 2026-04-27Topic: civil rights · economy jobs · governance ethics

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This bill would remove federal contracting preferences and goals for small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and by women, while keeping preferences for HUBZone businesses and businesses owned by service-disabled veterans. It would repeal the Minority Business Development Act of 2021 and change airport grant rules so that 5 percent, instead of 10 percent, of contracts go to qualified HUBZone small businesses. It would bar federal agencies from considering the race, ethnicity, or sex of business owners when granting contracts or awards, and from requiring contractors or grantees to do so. Agencies would have to propose rules removing such references within 60 days and finish them within 180 days.

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Action history

Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-04-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-04-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-04-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-04-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-04-27		Introduced in House	introduce
2026-04-27		Introduced in House	introduce

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