3.0.0 971 2023-01-11T13:34:55Z 2023-01-11T13:34:55Z House HR 2017-02-07 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 7, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. MENG:H.R. 971.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.[Page H1086]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee Referred to 2017-02-07T14:03:33Z Referred to 2017-02-07T15:06:50Z 2017-02-07 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2017-02-07 hsvr09 Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. Committee 2017-02-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-02-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001188 Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] Grace Meng D NY 6 N Armed Forces and National Security Public contracts and procurement Small business Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-02-07 Introduced in House 2017-07-31T18:16:07Z Surviving Spouse Contracting Preference Act

This bill treats a small business owned by the surviving spouse of member of the Armed Forces killed in the line of duty as a small business concern owned and controlled by a service-disabled veteran for purposes of contracting goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The company shall be so considered beginning on the date on which the member of the Armed Forces dies and ending on the earlier of the date on which the surviving spouse: (1) remarries, or (2) relinquishes ownership in such business.

]]> Surviving Spouse Contracting Preference Act Display Title Surviving Spouse Contracting Preference Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 38, United States Code, to treat small businesses, owned by surviving spouses of members of the Armed Forces killed in the line of duty, as small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans for purposes of contracting goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Surviving Spouse Contracting Preference Act Introduced in House 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr971ih/xml/BILLS-115hr971ih.xml 2017-02-07 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.