110 HR 1265 IH: Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small U.S. House of Representatives 2007-03-01 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.
I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1265 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 1, 2007 Mr. Buyer (for himself and Mr. Boozman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to award contracts to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans under the section 8(a) program.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Equity Act of 2007.
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Authority to award contracts under 8(a) program to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans
Section 8 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (o)
Small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans
(1)
Award of contracts
The Administrator may award a contract under subsection (a) to a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans on the same basis as a contract awarded under that subsection to a socially and economically disadvantaged small business concern. (2)
Annual certification required
The Administrator shall require each small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans that is a Program Participant under section 7(j)(15) or that is awarded a contract under subsection (a) to certify, on an annual basis, that such concern is a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans within the meaning of section 3(q). (3)
Disadvantaged owner
For purposes of this section, in the case of a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans, the term disadvantaged owner means an owner who is a service-disabled veteran. .