1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accountability and Clarity in Contracts to Engage Small Suppliers and Small Businesses Act . 2. Small Business Industrial Base Federal Contracting Matters (a) Accessibility and Clarity in Small Business Contracts (1) Definitions In this section— (A) the term covered notice means a notice pertaining to small business concerns, such as a sources sought notice or solicitation restricted to competition among small business concerns or covered small business concerns, published by a Federal agency on SAM.gov or any successor website marketing Federal contract opportunities; (B) the term covered small business concern means— (i) a small business concern owned and controlled by women, a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans, a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, or a qualified HUBZone small business concern, as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632 ); and (ii) a socially and economically disadvantaged small business concern, as defined in section 8(a)(4)(A) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 637(a)(4)(A) )