The record

LegislationLegislation· Jun 2025
HR 787 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Nick LaLota (R)

Plain Language in Contracting Act

Requires federal agencies to write small-business contract notices in plain, clear language.

Tradeoff

Mandates simpler contract notices for small businesses. The Small Business Administration must issue detailed rules within 90 days.

What's in it

See official bill text

Costs less than $500,000 over 2025–2030 to implement plain-language contracting rules.

The $500,000 is the federal cost to write and enforce the rule itself; the policy's real impact is on federal agencies and contractors who must rewrite notices to meet plain-language standards, with no federal spending quantified for those adjustments.

H.R. 787, Plain Language in Contracting Act · Apr 2025

Passed the House by on June 3, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jan 28, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Small Business(Jan 28, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Small Business voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 25 - 0(Mar 5, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-34.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Jun 3, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Small Business and Entrepreneurship(Jun 4, 2025)