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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="6347" measure-id="id117hr6347" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-12-23" update-date="2022-11-02">
        <title>Military Spouse Entrepreneurs Act of 2021</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr6347v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-11-02">
            <action-date>2021-12-23</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
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     <p><strong>Military Spouse Entrepreneurs Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Small Business Administration to conduct a pilot program to award federal contracts to small businesses owned and controlled by military spouses. It also generally authorizes federal contracting officers to limit contract awards to only small businesses owned and controlled by military spouses under certain circumstances.</p>
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