3.0.0 3282 2023-01-11T13:44:48Z 2023-01-11T13:44:48Z Senate S 2020-02-12 116 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2020-09-15T21:49:06Z Markup by 2020-08-05T20:49:44Z Referred to 2020-02-12T18:50:57Z Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2019 116 561 HR 2020-10-30 Became Public Law No: 116-183. Related bill CRS Related bill House 2020-09-15 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 544. Calendars 2020-09-15 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report. Committee 2020-09-15 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran without amendment. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2020-08-05 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2020-02-12 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-02-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2020-02-12 True 2020-09-01T16:16:00Z S. 3282, Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2020 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56535 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on August 5, 2020 Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Disability and paralysis Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government studies and investigations Minority and disadvantaged businesses Public contracts and procurement Small business Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-02-12 Introduced in Senate 2020-03-03T19:49:26Z Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2020

This bill applies certain small business subcontracting limitations to contracts that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awards to a small business concern owned and controlled by a veteran or a veteran with a service-connected disability.

The VA may award such a contract only after obtaining a certification from the offeror that it will comply with such subcontracting limitations if awarded the contract. Such certification shall specify the applicable performance requirements and explicitly acknowledge that the certification is subject to criminal penalties for making false statements in any matter within the jurisdiction of the U.S. government.

The VA Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and the VA Chief Acquisition Officer shall jointly monitor compliance and refer any violation or suspected violation to the VA Inspector General.

If the VA determines that a contract recipient did not act in good faith, such recipient shall be subject to any or all of the following: (1) referral to the VA Debarment and Suspension Committee, (2) a criminal fine, and (3) criminal prosecution.

The Inspector General shall report on (1) the number of referred violations and suspected violations; and (2) the disposition of such violations, including the number of small business concerns suspended or debarred from federal contracting or referred for Department of Justice prosecution.

]]> 25 2020-09-15 Reported to Senate 2020-09-23T19:24:02Z Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2020

This bill applies certain small business subcontracting limitations to contracts that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awards to a small business concern owned and controlled by a veteran or a veteran with a service-connected disability.

The VA may award such a contract only after obtaining a certification from the offeror that it will comply with such subcontracting limitations if awarded the contract. Such certification shall specify the applicable performance requirements and explicitly acknowledge that the certification is subject to criminal penalties for making false statements in any matter within the jurisdiction of the U.S. government.

The VA Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and the VA Chief Acquisition Officer shall jointly monitor compliance and refer any violation or suspected violation to the VA Inspector General.

If the VA determines that a contract recipient did not act in good faith, such recipient shall be subject to any or all of the following: (1) referral to the VA Debarment and Suspension Committee, (2) a criminal fine, and (3) criminal prosecution.

The Inspector General shall report on (1) the number of referred violations and suspected violations; and (2) the disposition of such violations, including the number of small business concerns suspended or debarred from federal contracting or referred for Department of Justice prosecution.

]]> Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2020 Display Title Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2020 S Senate Reported to Senate RS Short Title(s) as Introduced Protecting Business Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the oversight of contracts awarded by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Reported to Senate 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3282rs/xml/BILLS-116s3282rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3282is/xml/BILLS-116s3282is.xml 2020-09-15 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 544. 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.