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<dc:title>119 HR 6648 IH: Federal Acquisition Improvement and Reform Vets Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-12-11</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 6648</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20251211">December 11, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="K000399">Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia</sponsor> (for herself, <cosponsor name-id="N000191">Mr. Neguse</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="B001298">Mr. Bacon</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HSM00">Committee on Small Business</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Small Business Act to adjust sole-source thresholds for service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HFE47BAF25170484087FF382ADA162450" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H53F31F82396E469EB74735FC6C1582FF" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Federal Acquisition Improvement and Reform Vets Act</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>FAIR Vets Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HA27CD69C9A4B4CCE8113E60F0347D892"><enum>2.</enum><header>Modernization of sole-source thresholds for service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns</header> <subsection id="HEB32E70A6647469E83F9ED418BCE9EF4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>Section 36 of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/657f">15 U.S.C. 657f</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="HD4FB9FFC5A784A1C8EB3317F471C5724"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2), by striking <quote>(including options)</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF03F8DB89C8442BCB79E969A7AFCB48F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking <quote>$7,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$10,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HE0F612BA3FA9426799D69341FF58C6DA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking <quote>$3,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$8,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5CBF7E93DC134996BC53F4A577BD0032"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (including FAR 19.1406) and the Secretary of Defense shall amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to implement the amendments made by subsection (a).</text></subsection> 
<subsection id="H69057D8EC7B541FDA4BF3F79E2FC733C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to solicitations issued on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> </legis-body></bill>

