Current Federal Policy Positions
The Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce advocates to ensure that your business has the best chance to grow, and that policies have a positive impact on our community.
Government policy has the ability to impact your business drastically. New laws can either put up barriers for growth, or open new roads to success. With our voice, we advocate on behalf of the Metro Maryland business community.
Learn more about our current policy positions.
Learn more about our current policy positions.
General Federal Policy
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)
Summary: President Biden proposed the creation of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to improve the U.S. government’s ability to speed biomedical and health research. Public Law 117-103 was enacted on March 15, 2022, authorizing the establishment of ARPA-H within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Summary: President Biden proposed the creation of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to improve the U.S. government’s ability to speed biomedical and health research. Public Law 117-103 was enacted on March 15, 2022, authorizing the establishment of ARPA-H within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- Read Montgomery County's letter to US DHHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, requesting consideration for locating ARPA-H in Montgomery County, Maryland.
- This letter from the County Executive and County Council was also signed by MCCC.
118th Congress
The 118th Congress convened on January 3, 2023.
FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
Read the sign-on letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee Chair and Ranking Member supporting amendments to the NDAA that provide relief for small business government contractors.
Read the sign-on letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee Chair and Ranking Member supporting amendments to the NDAA that provide relief for small business government contractors.
- July 2024: MCCC signed onto a letter advocating for amendments to the NDAA. MCCC's GovConNet Council urges the adoption of important contracting changes relevant to small businesses in the federal contracting space. The small business community has spent many years trying to fix the following issues, which these amendments address:
- Increase the sole source thresholds for individually-owned 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVOSB), and Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB).
- Create parity for sole source contracts in the SDVOSB, HUBZone and WOSB programs by harmonizing the reasonable expectation language.
- Increase the governmentwide goal for small business procurement contracts.
- Strengthen the ability of small businesses to be successful subcontractors.
Montgomery County's Congressional Delegation
Ben Cardin
Maryland's Senior Senator |
Chris Van Hollen
Maryland's Junior Senator |
Glenn Ivey
District 4 |
David Trone
District 6 |
Jamie Raskin
District 8 |
