3.0.0 121 2023-01-11T13:34:08Z 2023-01-11T13:34:08Z Senate S 2017-01-12 115 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-01-12T19:20:20Z Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of 2018 115 5193 HR 2018-03-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2017-01-12 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. IntroReferral 2017-01-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV N K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2017-11-09 False Commerce Business education Business investment and capital Congressional oversight Credit and credit markets Disability and paralysis Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Military personnel and dependents National Guard and reserves Self-employed Small business Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Women in business Women's employment Commerce 00 2017-01-12 Introduced in Senate 2017-07-20T19:03:38Z Veterans Small Business Ownership Improvements Act

This bill amends the Small Business Act to establish the Boots to Business Program under which the Small Business Administration (SBA) shall provide entrepreneurship training to:

  • members of the Armed Forces,
  • individuals participating in the Transition Assistance Program (Department of Defense),
  • individuals who served on active duty and who were discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable, and
  • their spouses or dependents.

The SBA shall establish: (1) a Women Veterans Business Training Program, and (2) a Business Training Program for Service Disabled Veterans.

The SBA shall establish a veterans' business outreach center program to provide financial assistance to educational institutions, veterans' nonprofit community-based organizations, and federal, state, and local departments and agencies to conduct renewable five-year projects for the benefit of small businesses owned and controlled by veterans.

An assisted entity shall establish or operate a veterans' business outreach center to provide veterans, service-disabled veterans, and reservists, as well as their spouses, and the spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces with:

  • financial, management, and marketing advice and training; and
  • technical assistance and training for obtaining federal procurement opportunities.

The SBA may discontinue financial assistance to an entity at any time for poor performance.

The SBA shall designate at least one individual in each SBA district office as a veterans business development officer to coordinate district office activities with entities receiving financial assistance under this bill.

The SBA shall establish the Veterans Business Owners Initiative Pilot Program to provide grants to nonprofit entities for peer support groups that provide small business career training to:

  • members of the Armed Forces,
  • individuals participating in the Transition Assistance Program (Department of Defense),
  • Reservists,
  • veterans, and
  • their spouses or dependents.

The SBA shall establish an online mechanism to assist veterans' assistance providers.

The SBA shall establish an online mechanism that serves as a one-stop online resource for veterans regarding SBA entrepreneurial development programs.

The SBA's duties are expanded to include making grants to, or entering into cooperative agreements with, nonprofit entities to operate federal contracting training programs for veteran-owned small businesses.

]]> Veterans Small Business Ownership Improvements Act Display Title Veterans Small Business Ownership Improvements Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the veterans' business outreach center program, to improve the programs for veterans of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Small Business Ownership Improvements Act Introduced in Senate 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s121is/xml/BILLS-115s121is.xml 2017-01-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. 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.