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<item congress="115" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5044" measure-id="id115hr5044" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2018-02-15" update-date="2018-06-01">
<title>Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hr5044v81" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2018-06-01">
<action-date>2018-05-21</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act</b></p> <p> (Sec. 2) This bill provides that the surviving spouse of a veteran who died with less than a 100% disability rating maintains the same Department of Veterans Affairs contracting preference for a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business as the spouse of a 100% disabled veteran until: (1) three years after the veteran's death, (2) the surviving spouse remarries, or (3) the surviving spouse relinquishes ownership of the business.</p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id115hr5044v79" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2018-06-01">
<action-date>2018-05-18</action-date>
<action-desc>Reported to House without amendment</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides that the surviving spouse of a veteran who died with less than a 100% disability rating maintains the same Department of Veterans Affairs contracting preference for a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business as the spouse of a 100% disabled veteran until: (1) three years after the veteran's death, (2) the surviving spouse remarries, or (3) the surviving spouse relinquishes ownership of the business.</p>]]></summary-text>
</summary>
<summary summary-id="id115hr5044v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2018-06-01">
<action-date>2018-02-15</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Service-Disabled Veterans Small Business Continuation Act</b></p> <p>This bill provides that the surviving spouse of a veteran who died with less than a 100% disability rating maintains the same Department of Veterans Affairs contracting preference for a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business as the spouse of a 100% disabled veteran until: (1) three years after the veteran's death, (2) the surviving spouse remarries, or (3) the surviving spouse relinquishes ownership of the business.</p>]]></summary-text>
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